Sy/A7 (Ordovician of Iran)

Where: Iran (27.8° N, 57.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 57.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Armoricochitina nigerica zone, Seyahou Formation, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, green shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. G. Pour, M. Ghavidel-Syooki, J. J., L. E. Popov, and M. H. Ehsani. 2015. First reported Late Ordovician trilobites from the High Zagros Ranges, Iran: A biogeographical link between Gondwanan Chinese and Mediterranean faunas. Geobios 48:351-369 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181877: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 06.10.2016

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Deanaspis sp. Hughes et al. 1975 trilobite
aff. Deanaspis vysocanensis
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Neseuretinus sp. Dean 1967 trilobite
aff. Neseuretinus malestanus
 Phacopida - Homalonotidae
Iberocoryphe sp. Hammann 1977 trilobite