Early Carboniferous Brachiopod Assemblages from the Mobarak Formation in Labrud Section, Northern Damghan

The early Carboniferous Mobarak Formation is well exposed in the north of Damghan. It consists of fossiliferous limestone, marly limestone and grey shales. 31 species from 23 genera including: Rossirhynchus adamantinus (Gaetani, 1964), Tomiproductus elegantulus (Tolmmachev, 1924), Pustula cf. altaica (Tolmachev, 1924), Leptagonia analoga (Phillips, 1841), Hemiplethrorhynchus crassus (Gaetani, 1968), Tylothyris cf. planimedia (Cvancara, 1958), Lamellosathyris aff. Lamellose (Leveille, 1835),Punctospirifer aff. Scabricosta (North, 1920) have been identified from the Labrud section. Four brachiopod assemblage zones show spanning from the Tournaisian to early Visean. The Mobarak Formation at this section overlies the Geirud Formation conformably and underlies the Dorud Formation(?) disconformably.