Kuh-e Ali Bashi, Locality 4, Bed 2 (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Julfa Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Listed as Ali Bashi Formation but more recent investigations of conodonts indicate that the section is actually the Julfa Formation (containing Clarkina orientalis and Clarkina liangshanensis; Henderson et al. 2008, Permophiles v. 51).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, nodular, red, argillaceous lime mudstone

• Limestone, aphanitic, argillaceous, pale red, nodular, thin-bedded, ledge-forming, bioturbated

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1968

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119079: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor
"Araxathyris minor" = Transcaucasathyris minor Grunt 1965
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp.
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam