The Karabaglyar Formation is a

geologic formation A geological formation, or simply formation, is a body of rock having a consistent set of physical characteristics ( lithology) that distinguishes it from adjacent bodies of rock, and which occupies a particular position in the layers of rock exp ...

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dated to the

Changhsingian In the geologic time scale, the Changhsingian or Changxingian is the latest age or uppermost stage of the Permian. It is also the upper or latest of two subdivisions of the Lopingian Epoch or Series. The Changhsingian lasted from to 251.902 mill ...

age of the

Permian The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...

period and the

Induan The Induan is the first age of the Early Triassic epoch in the geologic timescale, or the lowest stage of the Lower Triassic series in chronostratigraphy. It spans the time between 251.902 Ma and Ma (million years ago). The Induan is sometimes ...

age of the

Triassic The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 Mya. The Triassic is the first and shortest period ...

period, straddling the Permian-Triassic boundary.Karabaglyar Formation
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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:Kotlyar et al., 1993 ;Ammonites * '' Eumorphotis venetiana'' * '' Meekophiceras dubium'' * '' Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) medium'' * '' Eumorphotis sp.'' * '' Gyronites sp.'' * '' Koninckites sp.'' * '' Kymatites sp.'' * '' Lytophiceras sp.'' * '' Ophiceras sp.'' ;Bivalves * ''

Claraia aurita ''Claraia'' is an extinct genus of scallop-like bivalve molluscs that lived from the Capitanian stage of the Middle Permian to the Anisian stage of the Middle Triassic, 266-237 million years ago. Fossils have been found worldwide in North Amer ...

'' * '' Claraia clarai'' * '' Claraia stachei'' * '' Claraia wangi'' * '' Claraia sp.''

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