Elikah River section IR200, Alborz mountains (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (36.2° N, 51.3° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 44.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Nesen Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, cherty/siliceous lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. B. Forel, S. Crasquin, A. Chitnarin, L. Angiolini, and M. Gaetani. 2015. Precocious sexual dimorphism and the Lilliput effect in Neo-Tethyan Ostracoda (Crustacea) through the Permian-Triassic boundary. Palaeontology 58:409-454 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 168915: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
Cavellina nesenensis
Cavellina nesenensis Crasquin 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae
? Silenites sasakwaformis
? Silenites sasakwaformis Shi 1987 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia "sp. A"
Acratia "sp. A" Delo 1930 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"? Praezabythocypris cf. ottomanensis" = Bairdiacypris ottomanensis, Bairdia cf. subcontracta, Bairdia urodeloformis, Bairdia cf. bassoni, Bairdia cf. cahuzaci, Bairdia wailiensis, Bairdia cf. wailiensis, Bairdia cf. wushunbaoi, ? Fabalicypris "sp. 2", Fabalicypris parva
"? Praezabythocypris cf. ottomanensis" = Bairdiacypris ottomanensis Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2004 ostracod
Bairdia cf. subcontracta Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia urodeloformis Chen 1987 ostracod
Bairdia cf. bassoni Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia cf. cahuzaci Forel 2011 ostracod
Bairdia wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006 ostracod
Bairdia cf. wailiensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006 ostracod
Bairdia cf. wushunbaoi Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Fabalicypris parva Wang 1978 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella superarella
Basslerella superarella Crasquin 2015 ostracod
 Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Microcheilinella alborzella, Microcheilinella rectodorsata
Microcheilinella alborzella Forel 2015 ostracod
Microcheilinella rectodorsata Forel 2010 ostracod
 Podocopa -
? Eumiraculum desmaresae
? Eumiraculum desmaresae Forel 2013 ostracod
 Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae
? Langdaia "sp. 1"
 Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae
Cyathus caperata
Cyathus caperata Guan 1978 ostracod