Kotal-e-Tera Pass, Subcolumbites Beds K5-K6 (Triassic of Afghanistan)

Where: Pakhtia, Afghanistan (33.8° N, 69.2° E: paleocoordinates 36.7° S, 56.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Kummel. 1968. Additional Scythian Ammonoids from Afghanistan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136(13):483-508 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 111023: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Vickohlerites cf. sundaicus Welter 1922 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
Meropella cf. plejanae Renz and Renz 1948 ammonite
Leiophyllites sp. Diener 1915 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Subvishnuites sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
Xenoceltites sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Procarnitidae
Procarnites kokeni Arthaber 1908 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Albanitidae
Albanites triadicus Arthaber 1908 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
Nammalites pilatoides Guex 1978 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Subcolumbites perrinismithi Arthaber 1908 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Keyserlingitidae
Keyserlingites sp. Hyatt 1900 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Paragoceratidae
Isculitoides cf. originis Arthaber 1911 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905 ceratite