Where: Tehran, Iran (36.1° N, 51.3° E: paleocoordinates 10.3° S, 47.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• From the middle Ruteh Formation (Level 3).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Fantini Sestini. 1965. The geology of the upper Djadjerud and Lar valleys (North-Iran). II. Palaeontology: Bryozoans, brachiopods, and molluscs from Ruteh Limestone (Permian). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologie e Stratigrafia 71(1):13-108 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 43296: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.08.2004