Kul-e-Ali Bashi Section (Locality 1) Bed 21: Changhsingian, Iran
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | Iran |
| Coordinates: | 38.9° North, 45.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.4° South, 39.3° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Lopingian |
| Stage: | Changhsingian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 4 |
| Key time interval: | Changhsingian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 254.14 - 251.902 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ali Bashi |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,green,yellow "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Shale in alternating yellowish greay and light olive gray beds, each about 20cm thick; also olive gray limestone beds; poorly exposed, seemingly unfossiliferous | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 48955 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-04-05 03:39:33 | Last modified: | 2016-09-14 21:19:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-04-05 03:39:33 |
| 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] |