Where: Armenia (39.9° N, 44.9° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 41.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and T. G. Sarycheva. 1965. The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:1-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 113803: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2011
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Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Staffella suborientalis n. sp.
Staffella suborientalis n. sp. Rosovskaya 1965 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Paralioclema minax2 Morozova 1965 | |
Strophomenata | |
Neochonetes armenicus Sokolskaja 1965 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Cryptospirifer iranica" = Cryptospirifer omeishanensis1
"Cryptospirifer iranica" = Cryptospirifer omeishanensis1 Huang 1933 |