Where: Iran (33.5° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° S, 57.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Chili Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• Uppermost part of Chili Formation. Upper Sakmarian conodonts Sweetognathus inornatus and S. anceps recorded from top of Chili Formation at another section.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, massive, dolomitic, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section
• Repository: Laboratory of Micropaleontology, Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN collection 4792).
Primary reference: E. J. Leven, S. V. Naugolnykh, and M. N. Gorgij. 2011. New findings of Permian marine and terrestrial fossils in central Iran (the Kalmard block) and their significance for correlation of the Tethyan, Uralian, and west European scales. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117:355-374 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130384: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Parazellia elongata Saurin 1954 | |
Eoparafusulina pamirensis Leven 1993 |