Ogbin, Ali Bashi Fm, Dzhagra River (Permian of Armenia)

Where: Armenia (39.5° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 39.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ali Bashi Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and T. G. Sarycheva. 1965. The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:1-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113726: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Ascidiacea
 Khmeriamorpha - Khmeriidae
"Khmeria pumila" = Khmeria problematica
"Khmeria pumila" = Khmeria problematica Mansuy 1914 sea squirt
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Spinomarginifera pygmaea Sarycheva 1965
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
Haydenella minuta Sarycheva 1965
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor, "Araxathyris ogbinensis" = Janiceps ogbinensis
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor Grunt 1965
"Araxathyris ogbinensis" = Janiceps ogbinensis Grunt 1965
 Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Terebratuloidea sp. Waagen 1883
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia parva n. sp. Sokolskaja 1965
 Orthida - Enteletidae
Enteletes dzhagrensis n. sp. Sokolskaja 1965
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora darashamensis1 Nikiforova 1933
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
"Shevyrevites shevyrevi" = Shevyrevites nodosus2
"Shevyrevites shevyrevi" = Shevyrevites nodosus2 Teichert and Kummel 1973 ceratite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum, "Plerophyllum dzhulfense" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum, "Plerophyllum differentiatum" = Ufimia differentiata, "Plerophyllum armenicum" = Ufimia differentiata
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Abich 1878 horn coral
"Plerophyllum dzhulfense" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Abich 1878 horn coral
"Plerophyllum differentiatum" = Ufimia differentiata Ilina 1962 horn coral
"Plerophyllum armenicum" = Ufimia differentiata Ilina 1962 horn coral
 Stauriida - Pentaphyllidae
"Plerophyllum cuneatum" = Pentaphyllum cuneatum
"Plerophyllum cuneatum" = Pentaphyllum cuneatum Ilina 1962 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia vaga Tchudinova 1965 tabulate coral
Michelinia parva Tchudinova 1965 tabulate coral