Also known as Reef 3478

Where: Iran (34.1° N, 57.9° E: paleocoordinates 16.1° S, 45.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nayband Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• Norian to Rhaetian age stated in text; according to Marcoux 1993 Nayband formation of Late Norian age

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67970: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.12.2006