Nur Valley, about 4 km NNE of Yush (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 51.7° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° S, 45.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Weggen; reposited in the SMF

Primary reference: G. Hahn and R. Hahn. 1981. Über Acropyge (Trilobitae; Ober-Perm). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 61:217-225 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 131769: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.07.2012

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia aff. caucasica Weber 1944 trilobite
Acropyge weggeni n. sp. Hahn and Hahn 1981 trilobite
Acropyge weggeni Hahn and Hahn 1981 trilobite