JU1, NW of Main Valley section, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Float at the base of the Julfa Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float),

• Repository: Palaeontological Museum of the Department of Earth Sciences "A. Desio" University of Milan, Italy (MPUM)

Primary reference: C. Garbelli, L. Angiolini, S. Z. Shen, G. Crippa, D. X. Yuan, M. Bahrammanesh, S. Abbasi and M. Birjandi. 2014. Additional brachiopod findings from the Lopingian succession of the Ali Bashi Mountains, NW Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:119-126 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella julfensis n. sp. Garbelli et al. 2014