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The Givetian to Famennian (Middle-Upper Devonian) Bahram Formation deposits (Bondar and Shahzadeh Mohammad sections) in the Kerman region, Central Iran were sampled for conodonts. The conodonts were described, their distribution investigated, and the studied sections were correlated. In the previous conodont-based papers, the age of the Bahram Formation in the Kerman region was from the upper Givetian hermanni Zone to the middle Famennian Uppermost marginifera Zone (Middle to Late Devonian). However, the new results of this study show that the Bondar section spans from the middle Givetian ansatus Zone to the upper Famennian (middle part of the Middle expansa Zone = Bispathodus aculeatus aculeatus Zone) and the Shahzadeh Mohammad section spans from the middle Givetian ansatus Zone to the lower Famennian (Uppermost crepida = Palmatolepis glabra pectinata) Zone. In both of the studied sections, the Givetian/Frasnian boundary has been identified by the first occurrence of Ancyrodella rotundiloba pristina, but there is no obvious (sedimentological or biostratigraphic) evidence to define the Frasnian/Famennian boundary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Polymeroid trilobite fauna from two stratigraphic sections (Godbondar and Kuhbanan) of the Kuhbanan Formation in northern Kerman (central Iran) were studied and subjected to biostratigraphic analysis. Eleven genera and species are recognised from the latest Early Cambrian and Middle Cambrian Peri-Gondwanian successions of the study sections. The recognised fauna includesAfghanocare lategenatum,Blountia blountia,Iranoleesiasp.,Iranoleesia pisiformis,Kermanella kuhbananensis,Kermanella lata lata,Kermanella lata minuta,Kermanellasp.,Redlichia chinensis,Redlichia noetlingiandRedlichiasp. Based on trilobite distribution, three trilobite biozones were recognised in the study sections, namelyRedlichia noetlingibiozone,Kermanella kuhbananensisbiozoneand Iranoleesia pisiformis biozone. The age of the study sections is late Early Cambrian to late Middle Cambrian based on the recognised trilobite biozones. The recognised late Early Cambrian trilobite assemblages (especiallyRedlichiaandKermanella) from northern Kerman are similar to those found from some other parts of Gondwana or Peri-Gondwana terrains (north India, Pakistan, northwestern Kashmir, Tajikistan, South Australia, South China and Afghanistan) and show affinities with fauna found in some other parts of Iran (Alborz, northern Iran; Tabas, eastern Iran; southeast Karman). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]