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Yazd County, Yazd Province, Irani
Regional Level Types
Yazd CountyCounty
Yazd ProvinceProvince
IranCountry

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PlacePopulation
Yazd477,905 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
337051
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:337051:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Shahrestān-e Yazd
Other Languages:
French:
préfecture de Yazd, Province de Yazd, Iran
Italian:
shahrestān di Yazd, Provincia di Yazd, Iran
Russian:
Йезд, Йезд, Иран
Arabic:
مقاطعة يزد, يزد, إيران
Azeri:
Yəzd şəhristanı, Yəzd ostanı, İran
Dutch:
Yazd County, Yazd, Iran
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان یزد, استان یزد, ایران
Gilaki:
شهرستان یزد, ايران
Hungarian:
Jazd megye, Jazd tartomány, Irán
Irish Gaelic:
Contae Yazd, An Iaráin
Japanese:
ヤズド郡, ヤズド州, イラン
Pashto:
يزد ولسوالي, يزد ولايت, ايران
Scots:
Yazd Coonty, Yazd Province, Iran
Serbo-Croatian:
Okrug Jazd, Jazdska pokrajina, Iran
South Azerbaijani:
یزد بؤلگه‌سی, یزد اوستانی, ایران
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Шаҳристони Язд, Устони Язд, Эрон
Turkish:
Yezd şehristanı, Yezd Eyaleti, İran
Urdu:
یزد کاؤنٹی, یزد علاقہ, ایران
Welsh:
Sir Yazd, Iran
Western Punjabi:
شہرستان یزد, یزد, ایران


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences10
Youngest Fossil Listed201 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Nayband - Howz-e Khan10208.5 - 201.3 Ma (Mesozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Amblysiphonella
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sebargasiidae : Amblysiphonella228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Permocorynella maxima
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Preperonidellidae : Permocorynella : Permocorynella maxima228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Preperonidella
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Preperonidellidae : Preperonidella228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Casearia
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Plieolitidae : Casearia228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Anguispongia parva
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Auriculospongiidae : Anguispongia : Anguispongia parva228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Preperonidella norica
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Preperonidellidae : Preperonidella : Preperonidella norica228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Sestrostomella robusta
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongiae : Agelasida : Sestrostomellidae : Sestrostomella : Sestrostomella robusta228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Nevadathalamia variabilis
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Vaceletida : Verticillitidae : Nevadathalamia : Nevadathalamia variabilis228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Senowbaridaryana raretrabeculata
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Solenolmiidae : Senowbaridaryana : Senowbaridaryana raretrabeculata228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Welteria lutensis
species
Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Agelasida : Solenolmiidae : Welteria : Welteria lutensis228 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazd_County
Wikidata ID:Q1292178
GeoNames ID:449725

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
Indian Plate (India Plate)
Iran

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