Dorasham 2 Section Beds 5-12 (Permian of Armenia)

Where: Armenia (39.0° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 39.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• Age is given as Dorashamian in text. This section has been much revised since its original description (in Russian) in the 1960s

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: brown, gray, green, red siliciclastic sediments and marl

• Reddish brown, sometimes greyish green, argillites with marl intercalations

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: H.F. Yin, Z. Kexin, W. Shunbao and P. Yuanqiao. 1996. Global correlation and definition of the Permian-Triassic boundary. The Palaeozoic-Mesozoic boundary candidates of global stratotype section and point of the Permian-Triassic boundary 3-28 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48956: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 05.04.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Xenodiscus sp. Waagen 1879 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
 Ozarkodinida - Anchignathodontidae
Hindeodus typicalis Sweet 1970 conodont