Where: Iran (38.7° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 3.4° S, 40.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Transcaucasathyris araxensis brachiopod zone, Julfa Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: presumably at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Primary reference: A. Ghaderi, A. Sadeghi, A. R. Ashouri and D. Korn. 2015. Study of Late Permian (Wuchiapingian) brachiopods of sedimentary succession at the Zal section, Northwest Iran. Paleontology 2:212-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 175892: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.01.2016

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