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Salpingoporella (dasycladalean algae) species from the Lower Cretaceous carbonate facies of Kopet Dagh basin (NE Iran)

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Salpingoporella species from algal bearing of Barremian-Aptian limestones in the Kopet Dagh basin (NE of Iran) are described. Different species (S. cemi, S. hasi, S. heraldica, S. hispanica, S. milovanovici, S. muehlmbergi, S. parapiriniae, S. piriniae, S. cf. biokovensis, S. steinhauseri, S. polygonalis) are investigated from different biometrical aspects such as depositional environments and biogeographical distribution as well as their systematic palaeontology from two formations (the Tirgan and Sarcheshmeh formations) in nine stratigraphic sections.

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Appendix: list of taxa

Appendix: list of taxa

Salpingoporella cemi

Salpingoporella hasi

Salpingoporella heraldica

Salpingoporella hispanica.

Salpingoporella milovanovici

Salpingoporella muehlmbergi

Salpingoporella parapiriniae

Salpingoporella piriniae

Salpingoporella sp. cf. S. biokovensis

Salpingoporella steinhauseri

Salpingoporella polygonalis

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Taherpour Khalil Abad, M. Salpingoporella (dasycladalean algae) species from the Lower Cretaceous carbonate facies of Kopet Dagh basin (NE Iran). Arab J Geosci 10, 31 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-016-2787-x

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