Julfa Section, Bed 7, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• 26.5 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, dark-gray, fine-grained crystalline.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collected by D.L. Stepanov, F. Golshani, J. Stöcklin, B. Hamzepour in 1967

Primary reference: D. L. Stepanov, F. Golshani, and J. Stöcklin. 1969. Upper Permian and Permian-Triassic boundary in north Iran. Geological Survey of Iran Report 12:1-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118130: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Brachiopoda
  -
Rhynchonelliformea indet. Williams et al. 1996
Cephalopoda
 Orthoceratoidea -
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophontidae indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
? Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Foraminifera
 Lagenina -
Lagenina indet. Delage and Herouard 1896
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Hemigordius sp. Schubert 1908