Kuh-e Ali Bashi, Locality 4, float (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Julfa Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Listed as Ali Bashi Formation but more recent investigations of conodonts indicate that the section is actually the Julfa Formation (containing Clarkina orientalis and Clarkina liangshanensis; Henderson et al. 2008, Permophiles v. 51).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, red, argillaceous lime mudstone

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 119080: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Pseudotirolitidae
Pseudotirolites sp. Sun 1933 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras abichianum von Moeller 1879 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Popanoceratidae
? Propopanoceras sp. Toumansky 1938 ammonite
 Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Lopingoceras sp. Shimanskiy 1962