Where: Iran (39.0° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 39.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Aras Member (Elikah Formation), Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Reposited in the MfN

Collection methods: chemical

Primary reference: J. Gliwa, M. B. Forel, S. Crasquin, A. Ghaderi, and D. Korn. 2020. Ostracods from the end-Permian mass extinction in the Aras Valley section (north-west Iran). Papers in Palaeontology 7:1003-1042 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220245: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2021

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