Kuh-e Ali Bashi, upper Verbeekina-Chusenella zone (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: K. Nakamura and F. Golshani. 1981. Notes on the Permian brachiopod genus Cryptospirifer. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 20:67-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114073: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Crenispirifer sp. Stehli 1954
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Cryptospirifer iranica n. sp." = Cryptospirifer omeishanensis Huang 1933
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus sp. Kayser 1883