Where: Iran (31.5° N, 52.8° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 50.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Qom Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

• The Qom Formation was deposited in the interval from late Early Oligocene until the end of the Early Miocene in northern and central Iran. Brachiopods come from the upper part, Early Miocene in age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, argillaceous 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. S. Josheghani, M. Yazdi, and K. Zágoršek. 2023. New records of brachiopods from the Lower Miocene deposits of the Qom Formation of the Isfahan province, central Iran. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana 75(A010523) [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2024

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