Green algae from the Lower Cretaceous carbonate of northern Shiraz (Zagros Mountains, SW Iran)

Abstract

In northern Shiraz (SW Iran), Lower Cretaceous carbonate was studied in detail. In this study, nine species of dasycladacea algae were classified. There are different species of dasycladacea algae which belong to seven different genera: Actinoporella, Cylindroporella, Dissocladela, Heteroporella, Neomeris, Salpingoporella, Trinocladus; one species of udoteaceae belongs to Bouenia; one species of acetabulariaceae belongs to Clypeina and the microproblematicum Coptocampylodon was also seen. Among the green algae, dasycladaceae and acetabulariceae are the most frequent and udoteaceans are rare in Zagros Mountains. The genus of Trinocladus is a new record for Lower Cretaceous (Upper Albian) in SW Iran.

Keywords:

• Lower Cretaceous
• calcareous algae
• Shiraz
• Zagros Mountains
• Iran

Acknowledgements

I thank the students of Payam-Noor University for physical support during my fieldwork. My special thanks are addressed to Prof. Dr K. Seyed-Emami (Teharan University), for ammonites determination.