ammonites
Julfa Section, Bed 12 lower, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 41.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (268.0 - 265.0 Ma)

• 31.5 m in total thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

• Limestone, dark-gray, fine-grained crystalline, in 20-40 cm beds, containing

•dark shale intercalations

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D.L. Stepanov, F. Golshani, J. Stöcklin, B. Hamzepour in 1967

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 118136: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.10.2011

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