There are 18 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

93.5 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)

Oldest Fossil Listed

105 Ma (Early/Lower Cretaceous)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Mantelliceras genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : *Mantelliceras*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turrilites costatus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Turrilites : *Turrilites costatus*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Desmoceratidae : Puzosia : *Puzosia (Puzosia) mayoriana*	105.3 - 93.5 Ma Cretaceous
Mantelliceras mantelli species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Mantelliceras : *Mantelliceras mantelli*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mantelliceras saxbii species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Mantelliceras : *Mantelliceras saxbii*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sharpeiceras laticlavium species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Sharpeiceras : *Sharpeiceras laticlavium*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mariella (Mariella) subgenus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Mariella : *Mariella (Mariella)*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mariella dorsetensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Turrilitidae : Mariella : *Mariella dorsetensis*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Brancoceratidae : Mortoniceras : *Mortoniceras (Mortoniceras) fallax*	105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Sharpeiceras schlueteri species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Sharpeiceras : *Sharpeiceras schlueteri*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hyphoplites costosus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Hoplitidae : Hyphoplites : *Hyphoplites costosus*	105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous
Calycoceras (Gentoniceras) gentoni species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Acanthoceratidae : Calycoceras : *Calycoceras (Gentoniceras) gentoni*	99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Idiohamites fremonti species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Anisoceratidae : Idiohamites : *Idiohamites fremonti*	105.3 - 99.6 Ma Cretaceous

Fossil Localities

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Iran

South Khorasan Province
- Birjand County
  - Cretaceous🐚 Level 1
  - Cretaceous🐚 Sample Sk9

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaen_County
Wikidata ID:	Q1286169
GeoNames ID:	449534

Localities in this Region

Iran

South Khorasan Province
- Qaen County
  - Najm Abad gold deposit

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

AsiaContinent

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Indian Plate

Lut BlockMagmatic Province

Iran

East Iran porphyry copper beltMineral Province

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