C-4/3 (Ordovician of Iran)

Also known as Simeh-Kuh section, C-4/3 and C-4/4

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 54.2° E: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 146.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gerd-Kuh Member (Qumes Formation), Floian (477.7 - 470.0 Ma)

• Collected from Unit L16. ?Tremodocian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, M. Ghobadi Pour, and M. Hosseini. 2008. Early to Middle Ordovician lingulate brachiopods from the Lashkarak Formation, Eastern Alborz Mountains, Iran. Alcheringa 32:1-35 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116515: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 08.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
Thysanotos multispinulosus n. sp. Popov et al. 2008
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831