Simeh-Kuh section, "T" bed ( of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 54.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° S, 149.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Drepanoistodus aff. amoenus conodont zone, Simeh-Kuh Formation, Tremadoc (486.5 - 477.7 Ma)

• Collected from Unit L11.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. E. Popov, M. G. Pour, M. G. Bassett and M. Kebria-ee. 2009. Billengsellide and orthide brachiopods: new insights into earliest Ordovician evolution and biogeography from northern Iran. Palaeontology 52(1):35-52 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116235: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 06.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Polytoechiidae
Polytoechia hecatompylensis
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Ranorthidae
Ranorthis cheshmehaliana
 Orthida - Orthidae
Paralenorthis semnanensis
Paralenorthis semnanensis Popov et al. 2009
 Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Xinanorthis qoomesensis
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Elkaniidae
? Broeggeria sp.
? Broeggeria sp. Walcott 1902
 Lingulida - Zhanatellidae
? Wahwahlingula sp.
? Wahwahlingula sp. Popov et al. 2002
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphellus fecundus
 Asaphida - Taihungshaniidae
? Asaphopsis sp., Taihungshania miqueli
? Asaphopsis sp. Mansuy 1920 trilobite
Taihungshania miqueli Bergeron 1893 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Damghanampyx ginteri n. gen. n. sp.
Damghanampyx ginteri n. gen. n. sp. Ghobadi Pour et al. 2007 trilobite