USNM9345, Alam Dar, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 41.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khachik Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Grant. 1993. Permian brachiopods from Khios Island, Greece. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 67(4):1-21 [S. Peters/S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 109355: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.05.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae