Coupe située en face du village de Niaz, Kale Sardar (Devonian of Iran)

Where: Iran (33.7° N, 57.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° S, 94.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Bahram Formation, Middle Frasnian (382.4 - 379.5 Ma)

• Given as Shishtu; however, that is now restricted to the Famennian. Bahram extends into the Famennian elsewhere.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• The member contains unit of red brachiopod limestones (about 30 metres) called “Cephalopod Beds”.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: P. Morzadec. 2002. Trilobites Asteropyginae dévoniens d’Iran (Devonian Asteropygines trilobites from Iran). Geobios 35:411-427 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 223343: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.11.2021

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Acastidae
Neocalmonia lutensis n. sp. Morzadec 2002 trilobite
Neocalmonia yazdii n. sp. Morzadec 2002 trilobite