Elikah River section IR168, 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 marl

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 125576: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Transcaucasathyris kandevani Fantini Sestini and Glaus 1966
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina persica Schellwien 1900
 Productida -