AV265, Aras Valley section (Triassic of Iran)

Where: Iran (39.0° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 39.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Claraia Beds Member (Elikah Formation), Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 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 220261: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.05.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Praezabythocypris pulchra Kozur 1985 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 1" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 2" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 3" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris kathleenae n. sp. Gliwa 2020 ostracod
Bairdiacypris cf. longirobusta Chen 1958 ostracod
Bairdiacypris ottomanensis Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2004 ostracod
Bairdia cf. piscariformis Chen 1958 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina "sp. 2" Coryell 1928 ostracod
Cavellina "sp. 5" Coryell 1928 ostracod
  - Buregiidae