Ramsheh (Lower Red Formation) (Oligocene of Iran)

Where: Iran (31.5° N, 52.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 47.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Red Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Marly limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve

• Repository: Geology Museum of the University of Isfahan

Primary reference: M. A. Bitner, A. Bahrami, M. Yazdi and K. Zágoršek. 2023. Brachiopods from the Lower Red Formation (Lower Oligocene) of the Isfahan Province, central Iran. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 93:411-422 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232984: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
"Novocrania sp." = Neocrania
"Novocrania sp." = Neocrania Lee and Brunton 2001
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida - Thecidellinidae
Thecidellina persica n. sp.
Thecidellina persica n. sp. Bitner et al. 2023
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
Platidia sp.
Platidia sp. Costa 1852
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca cf. collardi, Argyrotheca ramshehensis n. sp., Joania peyrerensis
Argyrotheca ramshehensis n. sp. Bitner et al. 2023
Joania peyrerensis Bitner et al. 2013