Equus fossil tooth from Lahbari member of Aghajari Formation, west of Masjid Soleiman

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Borzu Asgari 1
Majid Mirzaie Ataabadi 2
Meraj Parsazad 2
1 Department of Petroleum engineering, Islamic Azad university, Masjid Soleiman branch
2 Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan
10.30470/zpaleo.2023.708629
Abstract
Lahbari member includes the upper parts of the Aghajari Formation in Zagros, and is classically Pliocene in age. Fossil remains, especially vertebrates, are rare in this formation and their discovery is thus, very important. The discovered horse tooth from Lahbari member in west of Masjid Soleiman, is the upper molar of an Equus. These horses evolved from Hipparionine horses at the end of Miocene. Although Hipparionine horses were previously reported from Zagros, this paper reports, for the first time, an Equus tooth from this area and confirms the Pliocene age of Lahbari member of the Aghajari Fm. in the study area.
Keywords
Aghajari Formation
Lahbari member
Pliocene
Vertebrates
Equus
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