ammonites
Julfa Section, Bed 27, Kuh-e Ali Bashi (Permian of Iran)

Where: Iran (38.9° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 41.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Khachik Formation, Capitanian (265.0 - 259.0 Ma)

• 14.4 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, gray, cherty/siliceous, carbonaceous limestone

• Limestone, thick-bedded to massive, dark-gray, bituminous, containing black chert nodules, some intercalations of calcareous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 118230: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.10.2011

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