Where: Tehran, Iran (36.0° N, 51.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 46.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ruteh Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• From the upper Ruteh Formation (Level 5).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. The geology of the upper Djadjerud and Lar valleys (North-Iran). II. Palaeontology: Bryozoans, brachiopods, and molluscs from Ruteh Limestone (Permian). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologie e Stratigrafia 71(1):13-108 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43299: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.08.2004

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