Kuh-e Ali Bashi, Locality 1, Bed 22: Griesbachian, Iran
collected 1968

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Claraia sp. Bittner 1901
see common names

Geography
Country:Iran
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 45.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.8° South, 39.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Griesbachian
Age range of interval: 251.902 - 251.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Elikah
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Limestone, medium gray, thin-bedded to platy, in part aphanitic, hard
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1968
Metadata
Database number:119045
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-10-20 13:15:29 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-20 13:15:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13063. C. Teichert, B. Kummel, and W. Sweet. 1973. Permian-Triassic strata, Kuh-e-Ali Bashi, northwestern Iran. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 145(8):359-472 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]