Where: Iraq (37.3° N, 43.2° E: paleocoordinates 18.0° S, 43.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zinnar Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• "Wentzelella Beds" in the middle part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. G. S. Hudson. 1958. Permian corals from northern Iraq. Palaeontology 1(3):174-192 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75650: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.10.2007, edited by Matthew Clapham

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