Khenjan-Series (S26) (Triassic of Afghanistan)

Where: Hindu kush, Afghanistan (35.4° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.6° N, 58.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, pebbly, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,

Primary reference: N. M. Farsan. 1972. Stratigraphische und Paläogeographische Stellung der Khenjan-Serie und deren Pelecypoden (Trias, Afgahnistan). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 140(4-6):131-191 [M. Aberhan/D. Wellmanns]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123750: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Daniel Wellmanns on 28.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae