Gachal Section KH16, KH18, KH22, Godar-e-Gachal Range, Robat-e Khan (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (33.3° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° S, 57.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Khan Formation, Sakmarian (295.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Fusulinids Pseudofusulina, Eoparafusulina

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Y. Leven and M. N. Gorgij. 2007. Fusulinids of the Khan formation (Kalmard region, eastern Iran) and some problems of their paleobiogeography. Russian Journal of Earth Sciences 9(ES1004):1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111398: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
 Trepostomida - Anisotrypidae
 Cystoporida - Hexagonellidae
Hexagonella cf. recta Gorjunova 1971
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis
"Streblascopora marmionensis" = Streblotrypa (Streblascopora) marmionensis Etheridge 1926
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora enodata Gorjunova 1970