Mount Koh-e Giru (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 3891

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 106.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badragha Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• unit 4

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bafflestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84632: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma uralense, Clathrocoilona sp.
Stictostroma uralense stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet.
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis aff. gigantea
Sphaerocodium
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Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890