Sovetashen, Bed 5 (Permian of Armenia)

Where: Armenia (39.8° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.4° S, 39.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vedioceras ventrosulcatum ammonoid zone, Akhura Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y. D. Zakharov, G. S. Koczyrkrevicz, G. S. Kropacheva, K. O. Rostovcev, I. O. Chedija, G. P. Vuks and E. A. Guseva. 1983. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Dzhulfian and Dorashamian regional stages in the USSR 1-200 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110773: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor Grunt 1965
Strophomenata
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Haydenella minuta Sarycheva 1965
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Syringonautilidae
? Syringonautilus vagus Shimansky 1965 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Pseudotitanoceras armeniacum Abich 1878 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Metacoceras dorsoarmatum Abich 1878 nautiloid
Foordiceras cf. flemingianum de Koninck 1863 nautiloid
 Ceratitida - Araxoceratidae
Pseudotoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Pseudotoceras djoulfense Abich 1878 ceratite
Avushoceras sp. Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vedioceras ventroplanum Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
Vedioceras umbonovarum Ruzhencev 1962 ceratite
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras abichianum von Moeller 1879 ammonite