Where: Iran (38.7° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 39.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarkina wangi conodont zone, Ali Bashi Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified shale

Size class: microfossils

Collected by H. Kozur in 1998, 2000

• Repository: Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at Innsbruck University (collection number Me 2004)

Primary reference: W. Mette. 2008. Upper Permian and lowermost Triassic stratigraphy, facies and ostracods in NW Iran - implications for the P/T extinction event. Stratigraphy 5:205-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155140: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.03.2014

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