Chuschk-Kol-Tal, Visean, Dasht-e-Nawar (Carboniferous of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (33.5° N, 67.7° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° S, 81.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1973-1974

Primary reference: G. Plodowski. 1968. Neue Spiriferen aus Afghanistan. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 49(2-3):251-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116397: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer malistanensis n. sp. Plodowski 1968