Abstract

MOSTAFA, Yousefirad; TOURAN, Khamooshi  and  RAHIM, Shaabanian. Late Permian brachiopoda fauna in north-western Iran. Earth Sci. Res. J. [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.1, pp.67-71. ISSN 1794-6190.

The Late Permian marine sequence in the north- west of Iran, in eastern Azerbaijan province in the Zal stratigraphic section, was selected for studying brachiopods. Samples were collected from the Ali Bashi and Jolfa Formation.S. Twenty-seven species from 13 brachiopoda genera were recognised in this study.The recognised fossil community was compared to brachiopod communities in some regions of Iran and the Tethyan region, suggesting the Late Dzhulfian period as the age for the deposits being studied. Recognized brachiopods belonge to the orders Athyris, Rhynconellida, Productida and Strophomenida.

Keywords : brachiopoda; Late Permian; Iran.

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