AV185, Aras Valley section (Permian of Iran)

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 220256: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia "sp. 4" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 2" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris ottomanensis Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2004 ostracod
Praezabythocypris cf. pulchra Kozur 1985 ostracod
Praezabythocypris pulchra Kozur 1985 ostracod
  - Buregiidae