Kuh-e Ali Bashi, Locality 2, 13.5 m above base (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° S, 39.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ali Bashi Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified lime mudstone and lithified shale

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 119064: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Ufimia sp., "Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum
Ufimia sp. Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Abich 1878 horn coral
Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
? Dolorthoceras sp. Miller 1931
 Ceratitida - Dzhulfitidae
"Paratirolites spinosus" = Dzhulfites spinosus
"Paratirolites spinosus" = Dzhulfites spinosus Shevyrev 1965 ceratite