Elikah River section IR202, 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: open shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. B. Forel, S. Crasquin, A. Chitnarin, L. Angiolini, and M. Gaetani. 2015. Precocious sexual dimorphism and the Lilliput effect in Neo-Tethyan Ostracoda (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary. Palaeontology 58:409-454 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168917: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Palaeocopida - Knightinidae
Knightina cf. bullaensis Crasquin 2008 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus elliptica Shi 1987 ostracod
Cyathus caperata Guan 1978 ostracod
 Podocopa -
? Eumiraculum desmaresae Forel 2013 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia qinglongensis Wang 1978 ostracod
? Acratia pervagata Forel 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
? Praezabythocypris "sp. 1" Kozur 1985 ostracod
Petasobairdia subnantongensis Chen 1987 ostracod
Sinabairdia "sp. 1" Becker and Wang 1992 ostracod
"Kempfia "sp. A"" = Kempfina Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 4" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia cf. bassoni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia cf. wushunbaoi Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia cf. subcontracta Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006 ostracod
Bairdia cf. wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006 ostracod
Fabalicypris parva Wang 1978 ostracod
"? Praezabythocypris cf. ottomanensis" = Bairdiacypris ottomanensis Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2004 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella superarella Crasquin 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella rectodorsata Forel 2010 ostracod
Microcheilinella alborzella Forel 2015 ostracod
 Metacopida - Rishonidae
Samarella victori Crasquin 2010 ostracod