Also known as Close to the Shahrud University mine at about 8.5 km north of the Kalat-e Molla village.
Where: Iran (36.4° N, 54.7° E: paleocoordinates 20.7° S, 143.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lenodus variabilis - Lenodus pseudoplanus conodont zone, Cheshmeh-Ali Member (Lashkarak Formation), Darriwilian (467.3 - 458.4 Ma)
• Lower Darriwillian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown, red, calcareous sandstone and ooidal ironstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: acetic,
• The nodules have been slightly etched with dilute acetic acid to free the moulds from their attached shells.
Primary reference: L. E. Popov, M. R. Kebriaee-Zadeh, and M. Ghobadi Pour. 2016. Emergence of the Saucrorthis Fauna in the Middle Ordovician of northern Iran. Australasian Palaeontological Memoirs 49:485-514 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186094: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.06.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
? Virgoceras sp. Flower 1939 | |
Strophomenata | |
Lepidomena multiplicata Popov et al. 2016
Dulankarella hyrcanica n. sp.
Leptastichidia sp. Zhan and Jin 2005 | |
? Calyptolepta sp. Neuman 1976 | |
Christiania sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Anisopleurella antiqua n. sp.
Anisopleurella antiqua n. sp. Popov et al. 2016 | |
Dirafinesquina globosa Cocks and Zhan 1998 | |
Semnanostrophia lata Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011
Bellimurina (Bellimurina) fluctuosa Popov et al. 2016 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Orthis dehmollaensis n. sp., ? Rogorthis oriens n. sp.
Orthis dehmollaensis n. sp.
? Rogorthis oriens n. sp. | |
Saucrorthis obtusa Ghobadi Pour et al. 2011 | |
Phragmorthis shahrudensis n. sp.
Phragmorthis shahrudensis n. sp. | |
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Trilobita | |
Amphoriops sp. Hammann and Leone 1997 trilobite | |
Nileus armadiloformis trilobite | |
Opsimasaphus sp. Kielan 1960 trilobite |