Abadeh Section, Unit 6 (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (30.9° N, 53.2° E: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 50.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Clarkina leveni conodont zone, Hambast Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, gray limestone

• Gray soft limestone and marly limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. Taraz. 1969. Permo-Triassic section in Central Iran. AAPG Bulletin 53(3):688-693 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63892: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
Neocycloceras sp. Flower and Caster 1935
 Nautilida - Syringonautilidae
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Pleuronautilus sp.1 von Mojsisovics 1882
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Domatoceras cf. atypicum Shimansky 1965
Pseudotitanoceras sp.1 Shimansky 1965
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.1 Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras sp. Spath 1936 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Cyclolobidae
Cyclolobus (Kraftoceras) sp. Waagen 1879 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Discotoceras sp.1 Spath 1930 ceratite
Vescotoceras acutum Ruzhencev 1959 ceratite
Araxoceras sp.1 Ruzhencev 1959 ceratite
Araxoceras abarquense n. sp.2 Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi 2010 ceratite
Araxoceras iranense n. sp.2 Zakharov and Mousavi Abnavi 2010 ceratite
Prototoceras cf. tropitum Abich 1878 ceratite
"Vescotoceras cf. parallelum" = Prototoceras parallelum Ruzhentsev 1959 ceratite
Pseudotoceras sp.1 Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Pseudotoceras cf. djoulfense Abich 1878 ceratite
Eoaraxoceras sp.2 Spinosa et al. 1970 ceratite
Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Productidae
Araxilevis sp.1 Sarycheva 1965
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Leptodus sp.1 Kayser 1883
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina sp.1 Schellwien 1900
[entered as Orthotetina sp.]
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp.1 Grunt 1965
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1834