Where: Isfahan, Iran (33.2° N, 51.8° E: paleocoordinates 28.0° N, 63.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aalensis ammonoid zone, Shemshak Group, Late/Upper Toarcian (180.1 - 175.6 Ma)

• Pseudoradiosa-aalensis zones based on presence of single, moderately preserved specimen of the ammonite Paradumortieria elmii.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, yellow, sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y del Medio Ambiente (University of Alicante, Spain).

Primary reference: J. F. Baeza-Carratalá and B. Sepehriannasab. 2014. Early Jurassic (latest Toarcian) brachiopods from the northeastern margin of the Western Tethys (Central Iran) and their paleobiogeographical significance. Geobios 47:3-17 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155211: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.04.2014

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