Late Permian brachiopoda fauna in north-western Iran

Mostafa Yousefirad; Rahim Shaabanian; Touran Khamooshi

Earth Sciences Research Journal (Jan 2013)

Late Permian brachiopoda fauna in north-western Iran

Mostafa Yousefirad,
Rahim Shaabanian,
Touran Khamooshi

Affiliations

Mostafa Yousefirad: Faculty of Earth Sciences, Payam-e-Noor University, Iran,
Rahim Shaabanian: Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Payame Noor University,Tabriz, Iran
Touran Khamooshi

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 1

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Late Permian marine sequence of in the North west of Iran in eastern Azarbaijan province in the Zal stratigraphic section has been selected To study brachiopods.Samples have been collected from Alibashi and Jolfa Formation. 27 species of 13 geniuses of brachiopods have been recognized in this study.The comparison of recognized fossil community to brachiopod communities in some regions of Iran and Tethys realm suggests late Dzhulfian as the age of understudy deposits. Recognized prachiopodas belong to Athyride, Rhinconellidae, Productidae and Strophominidae categories

Published in Earth Sciences Research Journal

ISSN: 1794-6190 (Print)
Publisher: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Country of publisher: Colombia
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
Website: http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj

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