Kuh-e Ali Bashi, Locality 1, Bed 22 (Triassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 39.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elikah Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, medium gray, thin-bedded to platy, in part aphanitic, hard

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1968

Primary reference: C. Teichert, B. Kummel, and W. Sweet. 1973. Permian-Triassic strata, Kuh-e-Ali Bashi, northwestern Iran. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145(8):359-472 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119045: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp.
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop