Julfa Section, Bed 24, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 41.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khachik Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)

• 5.5 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Limestone, dark-gray, fine-grained crystalline, containing black chert nodules and interbedded with shaly limestone and shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 118228: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Foraminifera
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
Codonofusiella sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1937
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Parafusulina sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1931
Chusenella sp. Hsu 1942
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
"Waagenophyllum indicum" = Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum
"Waagenophyllum indicum" = Waagenophyllum (Waagenophyllum) indicum Waagen and Wentzel 1886 horn coral
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
Nautilida indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid