AV005, Aras Valley section (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (39.0° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 39.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aras Member (Elikah Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: J. Gliwa, M. B. Forel, S. Crasquin, A. Ghaderi, and D. Korn. 2020. Ostracods from the end-Permian mass extinction in the Aras Valley section (north-west Iran). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1003-1042 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220243: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida -
Iranokirkbya brandneri Kozur and Mette 2006 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Fabalicypris cf. minuta Cooper 1946 ostracod
Fabalicypris veronicae Gliwa 2020 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 2" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia hassi Sohn 1960 ostracod
? Liuzhinia "sp. 1" Zheng 1976 ostracod
Kempfina "sp. 1" Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Kempfina "sp. 2" Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Kempfina qinglaii Crasquin 2008 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella "sp. 1" Geis 1933 ostracod