Also known as Reef 3891
Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.2° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 106.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baghalak Member (Badragha Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• unit 5, 3 m thick
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone and lithified framestone
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 84633: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stictostroma uralense stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral | |
cf. Siphonophrentis sp. O'Connell 1914 horn coral | |
Sphaerocodium | |
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890 |