Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 61.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: D Member (Geirud Formation), Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)
• Originally assigned to Sakmarian, but foraminifera confirm Visean age (Gaetani et al., 2009).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1966. The geology of the Upper Djadjerud and Lar Valleys (North Iran) II; Palaeontology: brachiopods from Geirud Formation, Member D (Lower Permian). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 72(1):9-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96755: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.06.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
? Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Neospirifer paucicostulatus" = Koenigoria paucicostulata
"Neospirifer paucicostulatus" = Koenigoria paucicostulata Reed 1925 | |
Spirigerella sp. Waagen 1883 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Krotovia curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris
"Krotovia curvirostris" = Comuquia curvirostris Schellwien 1892 | |
"Stepanoviella rossiae n. sp." = Globiella rossiae
"Stepanoviella rossiae n. sp." = Globiella rossiae Fantini Sestini 1966 | |
Taeniothaerus cf. iranicus Fantini Sestini 1966 | |
Trilobita | |
? Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931 trilobite |