Bed 34 of the Geirud Fm, Geirud Section, Northern Iran (Devonian of Iran)

Also known as Type section of the Geirud Fm

Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.6° S, 72.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: A Member (Geirud Formation), Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandy, calcareous grainstone

• no paleoenvironmental information is given.
• "sandy sparry biogenic calcarenite in 30-40 cm beds"

Primary reference: M. Gaetani. 1965. The Geology of the Upper Djadjerud and Lar Valleys (Northern Iran) II. Paleontology. Brachiopods and Molluscs from Geirud Formation, Member A (Upper Devonian and Tournaisian). Revista Italiano Paleontology 71(3):697-770 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32709: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 13.07.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer (Cyrtospirifer) chantaginicus