Mount Koh-e Qutun, unit 16 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1477

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 99.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sin Ghar Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• 0.40 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

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 84639: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
? Haplothecia sp. Frech 1885 horn coral