Kuh-e Ali Bashi, unspecified float (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)

• group of beds-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 119081: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
? Dolorthoceras sp.
? Dolorthoceras sp. Miller 1931
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
Liroceras sp.
Liroceras sp. Teichert 1940
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras sp.
Metacoceras sp. Hyatt 1883
 Goniatitida - Pseudohaloritidae
Neoaganides "n. sp."
Neoaganides "n. sp." Plummer and Scott 1937 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Tapashanitidae
Pseudostephanites sp.
Pseudostephanites sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae
Pleuronodoceras sp.
Pleuronodoceras sp. Zhao and Liang 1965 ceratite