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Qom County, Qom Province, Irani
Regional Level Types
Qom CountyCounty
Qom ProvinceProvince
IranCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Qom900,000 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
336832
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:336832:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
préfecture de Qom, Province de Qom, Iran
German:
Qom-Schahrestan, Ghom, Iran
Italian:
shahrestān di Qom, Provincia di Qom, Iran
Russian:
Кум, Кум, Иран
Arabic:
مقاطعة قم, قم, إيران
Azeri:
Qum şəhristanı, Qum ostanı, İran
Dutch:
Qom, Qom, Iran
Egyptian Arabic:
شهرستان قم, قم, ايران
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان قم, استان قم, ایران
Gilaki:
شهرستان قم, ايران
Hindi:
क़ोम शहरेस्तन, क़ोम प्रांत, ईरान
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Qom, An Iaráin
Japanese:
ゴム郡, ゴム州, イラン
Mazanderani:
قم شهرستان, قم اوستان, ایران
Pashto:
قم ولسوالي, د قم ولايت, ايران
Serbo-Croatian:
Okrug Kum, Komska pokrajina, Iran
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Шаҳристони Қум, Устони Қум, Эрон
Turkish:
Kum şehristanı, Kum Eyaleti, İran
Urdu:
شہرستان قم, صوبہ قم, ایران
Welsh:
Sir Qom, Qom, Iran
Western Punjabi:
شہرستان قم, قوم, ایران


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences39
Youngest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Qom3920.44 - 15.97 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Acanthastrea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Lobophylliidae : Acanthastrea20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Caulastrea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Caulastraea20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Cladocora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Caryophylliidae : Cladocora20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Dendrophyllia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Dendrophyllia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Diploastrea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : Diploastrea20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Euphyllia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Euphylliidae : Euphyllia20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Goniastrea
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Goniastrea20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Goniopora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Goniopora20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Porites
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Poritidae : Porites20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Stylophora
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Ficus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ficidae : Ficus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Strombus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Strombidae : Strombus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Amussiopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amussiopecten33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Costellamussiopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Costellamussiopecten33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Gigantopecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Gigantopecten33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Pecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Megacardita
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Megacardita33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Periglypta
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Periglypta33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Polymesoda
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Cyrenidae : Polymesoda33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Modiolus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Mytilida : Mytilidae : Modiolus33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Pecten (Amussiopecten) labadyei
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amussiopecten : Pecten (Amussiopecten) labadyei33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Tarbellastraea reussiana
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Tarbellastraea : Tarbellastraea reussiana20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favia corollaris
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Favia : Favia corollaris20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Montastrea schweinfurthi
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Montastraeidae : Montastraea : Montastrea schweinfurthi20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Stylophora conferta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Pocilloporidae : Stylophora : Stylophora conferta20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Siderastrea miocenica
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea miocenica20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Solenastrea desmoulinsi
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Solenastrea : Solenastrea desmoulinsi20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Anisocoenia variabilis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Anisocoenia : Anisocoenia variabilis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Solenastrea romettensis
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Solenastrea : Solenastrea romettensis20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Favites neglecta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Merulinidae : Favites : Favites neglecta20.44 - 15.97 Ma
Miocene
Manupecten puymoriae
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Manupecten : Manupecten puymoriae33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qom_County
Wikidata ID:Q1264575
GeoNames ID:449599

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Indian Plate (India Plate)

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