AH-5 Shabjereh (Ordovician of Iran)

Also known as Shabjereh, Katkoyeh Formation, Kerman

Where: Iran (31.0° N, 56.2° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° S, 144.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lenodus variabilis conodont zone, Katkoyeh Formation, Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)

• Originally incorrectly assigned to the Arenig.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. L. Bruton, A. J. Wright, and M. A. Hamedi. 2004. Ordovician Trilobites from Iran. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 271(5-6):111-149 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66874: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.10.2006, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
? Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Martellia shabdjerehensis n. sp. Percival et al. 2009
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
Paralenorthis sp. Havlicek and Branisa 1980
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus cf. exarmatus Tjernvik 1956 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Sinoparapilekia sp. Peng 1990 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
"Neseuretus ghavideli" = Neseuretinus birmanicus
"Neseuretus ghavideli" = Neseuretinus birmanicus Reed 1906 trilobite
Conodonta
 Prioniodontida -
Erraticodon cf. balticus Dzik 1978 conodont
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
Prioniodus sp. Pander 1856 conodont
? Amorphognathus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
Drepanoistodus sp. Lindstrom 1971 conodont