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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Costatoria (Costatoria) goldfussi Alberti 1830 clam |