Geranos Creek, Vedi River 2, Gnishik Horizon (Permian of Armenia)

Where: Armenia (39.9° N, 44.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 41.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

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 113617: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2011

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora lineata2 Nikiforova 1933
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Polypora dzhulfensis" = Mackinneyella dzhulfensis2, "Polypora praepluriformis" = Mackinneyella praepluriformis2, Polypora tubulosa2
"Polypora dzhulfensis" = Mackinneyella dzhulfensis2 Morozova 1965
"Polypora praepluriformis" = Mackinneyella praepluriformis2 Morozova 1965
Polypora tubulosa2 Nikiforova 1933
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
 Terebratulida - Pseudodielasmatidae
"Dielasma mongolicum" = Levenolasma mongolica
"Dielasma mongolicum" = Levenolasma mongolica Grabau 1931
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Hemiptychina kutorgi n. sp.4 Smirnova 2007
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina ex gr. cristata, "Reticulariina aff. netschajewi" = Spiriferellina netschajewi
Spiriferellina ex gr. cristata von Schlotheim 1816
"Reticulariina aff. netschajewi" = Spiriferellina netschajewi Ivanova 1960
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella arthaberi Tschernyschew 1914
Strophomenata
 Productida - Aulostegidae
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
Keyserlingina caucasica3 Licharew 1931
 Productida - Productellidae
"Krotovia jisuensiformis" = Echinauriella jisuensiformis, Ogbinia dzhagrensis n. sp.
"Krotovia jisuensiformis" = Echinauriella jisuensiformis Sarycheva 1965
Ogbinia dzhagrensis n. sp. Sarycheva 1965
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus cora d'Orbigny 1842
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Vediproductus vediensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis
"Vediproductus vediensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis Chao 1927
 Productida -
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes armenicus Sokolskaja 1965
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina vediensis n. sp. Sokolskaja 1965
Orthothetina iljinae Sokolskaja 1965
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia (Carniphillipsia) paffenholzi1 Weber 1944 trilobite
P. armenica (Pl 45, fig 1a,b) in Ruzhentsev & Sarytcheva, 1965
Acropyge "sp. A"1 Qian 1977 trilobite
Pseudophillipsia armenica1 Weber 1944 trilobite
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Staffella suborientalis Rosovskaya 1965
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Rhodophyceae
  - Gymnocodiaceae