Unit Gh-8/5 (Carboniferous of Iran)

Where: Alborz, Iran (36.9° N, 55.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 75.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarcheshmeh Member (Khoshyeilaq Formation), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• Should be Sarcheshmeh member given age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; nodular, gray, argillaceous limestone

• Nodular limestones with argillite intercalations

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Ghobadi Pour, L. E. Popov, M. Omrani and H. Omrani. 2018. The latest Devonian (Famennian) phacopid trilobite Omegops from eastern Alborz, Iran. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 67(3):192-204 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234976: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 26.05.2024

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Taxonomic list

• The unit contains abundant brachiopods, which often occur as articulated shells
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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835