Terrestrial and aquatic gastropods from the upper Eocene (Priabonian) Zalumah Formation in the Salalah region of the Sultanate of Oman are described. The assemblages reflect the composition of the continental mollusc fauna of the Palaeogene of Arabia, which, at that time, formed parts of the southeastern Tethys coast. Several similarities with European faunas are observed at the family level, b...

objective: the asmari formation is characterised by alternation thick carbonate and marl sequence of the oligocene- miocene in the zagros basin, southwest of iran that were deposited on the shelf of eastern paratethys. methods: this formation is exposed at tang-e-khoshk in the fars subcoastal zone with a thickness of 286 m comprising alternation of medium and thick to massive bedded carbonates,...

Aim The species-rich family of true toads (Anura: Bufonidae) has been the focus of several earlier studies investigating the biogeography of geographically widespread taxa. Herein, we employ newly developed Bayesian divergence estimate methods to investigate the biogeographical history of this group. Resulting age estimates are used to test several key temporal hypotheses including that the ori...

Bottom current deposits (contourites) form in association with modern-day or ancient oceanic gateways. A paucity of examples the record and lack consensus on diagnostic criteria for differentiating them from other deepwater limit our understanding how they may past global circulation, tectonic events gateway evolution. This work describes an exceptional example Eocene to middle Miocene deep-mar...

While marine records of the Eocene-Oligocene transition indicate a generally coherent response to global cooling and the growth of continental ice on Antarctica, continental rec ords indicate substantial spatial variability. Marine Eocene-Oligocene transition records are marked by an ~+1.1‰ foraminiferal δ18O shift, but continental rec ords rarely record the same geochemical signature, making b...

introduction the investigated area is situated in the south west of the khorasan razavi province along the north west of the lut block. different types of metal ore bodies along with non-metal deposits have already been documented in the lut block (karimpour et al., 2008). most of the study area is covered with granitoid rocks. metamorphic rocks with unknown age are present in the north of the ...