Julfa Section, Bed 5, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 11.3 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, dark-gray, fine-grained crystalline.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected by D.L. Stepanov, F. Golshani, J. Stöcklin, B. Hamzepour in 1967

Primary reference: D. L. Stepanov, F. Golshani, and J. Stöcklin. 1969. Upper Permian and Permian-Triassic boundary in north Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report 12:1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118128: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Fusulinina -
Fusulinina indet.
Fusulinina indet. Wedekind 1937
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
? Favosites sp.
? Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia miranda
Michelinia miranda Tchudinova 1965 tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris asiatica
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet.
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail