Where: Iran (36.0° N, 51.6° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 61.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: D Member (Geirud Formation), Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• Originally assigned to Sakmarian, but foraminifera confirm Visean age (Gaetani et al., 2009).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1966. The geology of the Upper Djadjerud and Lar Valleys (North Iran) II; Palaeontology: brachiopods from Geirud Formation, Member D (Lower Permian). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 72(1):9-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90015: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.06.2009

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