Mount Bokan West, beds 91-112 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (34.0° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 99.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cawak Formation (Nawar Group), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• beds 91-112

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 1985. Phénomènes récifaux dans le Dévonien d'Afghanistan (Montagnes Centrales) - Analyse et systématique des Stromatopores. Societe Geologique du Nord (11)1-381 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75117: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 24.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
? Cyphoterorhynchus sp.
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Kransia sp., Beckmannia sp.
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer" cf. acutosinu
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer sp., Cyrtospirifer cf. syringothyriformis, Cyrtospirifer ex gr. verneuili
Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
cf. Spinocyrtia ascendens
 Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
? Eleutherokomma sp.
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
"? Metabolipa sp." = Gypidula
"? Metabolipa sp." = Gypidula Hall 1867
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
? Cariniferella sp.
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp.
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
? Anathyris sp., Athyris sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp., ? Spinatrypa sp.
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
? Spinatrypa sp. Stainbrook 1951
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Whidbornella sp.
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella sp.
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Anthozoa
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum cf. chitralense
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria sp.
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp., Thamnopora cf. alta
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet.
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida -
Dendropora sp.
Dendropora sp. Michelin 1846 tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora "sp. 2"
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge