Where: Iran (36.2° N, 54.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.2° S, 144.9° E)
When: Baltoniodus navis conodont zone, Gerd-Kuh U15 Formation, Dapingian (470.0 - 467.3 Ma)
• Informal formation name.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sandy siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: L. E. Popov and L. R. M. Cocks. 2017. The World’s second oldest strophomenoid-dominated benthic assemblage in the first Dapingian (Middle Ordovician) brachiopod fauna identified from Iran. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 140:1-12 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 189388: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.10.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata | |
Dirafinesquina antiqua n. sp.
Dirafinesquina antiqua n. sp. Popov and Cocks 2017 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Paralenorthis cf. suriensis Benedetto 2003 | |
Zhanorthis gerdkuhensis n. sp.
Zhanorthis gerdkuhensis n. sp. Popov and Cocks 2017 | |
Eoporambonites raziabadensis Popov and Cocks 2017 |