Julfa Section, Bed 17, 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)

• 15.7 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, dark-gray to gray, fine-grained crystalline, in 10-30 cm beds, containing some thin marly partings

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 118142: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida -
Goniatitida indet. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina ex gr. cristata von Schlotheim 1816
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Martiniopsis sp. Waagen 1883
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
"Krotovia jisuensiformis" = Echinauriella jisuensiformis
"Krotovia jisuensiformis" = Echinauriella jisuensiformis Sarycheva 1965
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina sp. Schellwien 1900
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae