Julfa Section, Bed 15, 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)

• 12.5 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

• Limestone, gray, fine-grained, thin-bedded, containing black chert nodules

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 118140: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Padangia sp.
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp., Glomospira sp.
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
 Fusulinina -
Fusulinina indet.
Fusulinina indet. Wedekind 1937
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Palaeotextularia sp.
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Crenispirifer cf. dzhulfensis
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon sp.
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail