Elikah River section IR162, Alborz mountains (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 51.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 44.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nesen Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal wackestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Angiolini and L. Carabelli. 2010. Upper Permian brachiopods from the Nesen Formation, north Iran. Special Papers in Palaeontology 84:41-90 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125571: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Permophricodothyris iranica Fantini Sestini and Glaus 1966
Strophomenata
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae
Paraparchites chenshii Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina cf. bullaensis Crasquin 2008 ostracod
 Podocopa -
? Eumiraculum desmaresae Forel 2013 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia "sp. A" Delo 1930 ostracod
Acratia ? subfusiformis Wang 1978 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Fabalicypris parva Wang 1978 ostracod
Bairdia wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006 ostracod
Bairdia cf. bassoni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella superarella Crasquin 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella alborzella Forel 2015 ostracod
 Metacopida - Rishonidae
Samarella victori Crasquin 2010 ostracod