Neocomian Microfossil Association from the Taft area near Yazd (central Iran)

An assemblage of microfossils, including calcareous green algae (dasycladaleans:Deloffrella quercifoliipora, Bakalovaella elitzae, Salpingoporella cf.muehlbergii, Terquemella sp.,Neomeris sp., andCylindroporella? sp.; Halimedaceans/Gymnocodiaceans:Boueina sp.Permocalculus aff.minutus), red algae (Solenoporaceans?:Marinella lugeoni), cysts of dinoflagellates? (Cadosina fusca fusca, Colomisphaera aff.conferta) and foraminifers (Torinosuella peneropliformis, Charentia cuvillieri, Commaliama sp.) is described from the carbonate beds within the terrigenous-carbonate Sangestan Formation (Upper Jurassic--Neocomian) exposed near the small village of Zereshk, approximately 63 km SW of Yard, central Iran. The micropaleontological assemblage indicates a late Neocomian (Hauterivian) age of the carbonate beds.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]