Rahim Shabanian - Department of Geology, Payam Noor University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
Mosa Bagheri - Department of Geology, Faculty of Science, Islamic Azad University - Mashhad Urmia, Urmia, Iran

The fossiliferous limestone in the northwest of Iran yields ۲۵ species, ۳۶ genera of Dzhulfian foraminifera consisting of porcelanous forams, uniserial foraminifera, smaller fusulinid, forms of hyaline test assignable to Lagenina suborder and microgranular Biseriamminidae foraminifer. These assemblages are distinguished from thin- bedded limestone, shaly limestone, and marly limestone, which are comparable with the Nesen Formation.

azarbaijan, Biozone, Dzhulfian stage, Foraminifera, Iran, Permian