Where: Azerbaijan (39.7° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 41.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arpa Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• Basal unit of the Midian stage of the Tethyan timescale. Kotlyar et al. (1989) identified two fusulinid zones, the lower Yangchienia thompsoni and the upper Chusenella abichi. In central Iran, Chusenella abichi occurs with Neoschwagerina margaritae (Leven, 1998), suggesting a Wordian age for the entire Arpa Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. V. Boiko, G. V. Belyaeva, and I. T. Zhuravleva. 1991. Sphinktozoa Phanerozoya Territorii SSSR [Phanerozoic Sphinctozoa of the Territory of the USSR] 1-224 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 95711: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.04.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Colospongia leveni n. sp., Colospongia arakeljani n. sp.
Colospongia leveni n. sp. Zhuravleva 1991 demosponge
Colospongia arakeljani n. sp. Zhuravleva 1991 demosponge | |
Amblysiphonella sarytchevae Zhuravleva 1965 demosponge |