Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana Volumen 70, núm. 3, 2018, p. 787 - 795 http://dx.doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2018v70n3a11 Short note

 First report of the rugose coral Hexagonaria davidsoni from the Khoshyeilagh Formation (Devonian), Alborz Mountains, Northeastern Iran

Mostafa Falahatgar¹, Andreas May², Mehdi Sarfi³  

¹Department of Geology, Payame Noor University, Shiraz, Iran, 71893-73111.
²Friedrich-List-Str. 66, D-59425 Unna, Germany.
³School of Earth Sciences, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran, 36716-41167.
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Abstract

The Middle to Late Devonian Khoshyeilagh Formation successions are here reported from the Khoshyeilagh neck, Alborz Mountains, Northeastern Iran. This formation is very fossiliferous. The rugose coral Hexagonaria davidsoni occurs within Frasnian strata and is the first report of this species from the Khoshyeilagh Formation.

Keywords: Devonian, Frasnian, rugose corals, Anthozoa, Alborz Mountains, Iran.