Kohe Jidda Kawak, near Band-e Amir (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

Where: Chor, Afghanistan (34.8° N, 67.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 69.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gholaman Formation, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• Middle sandstone horizon. Upper Campanian on the basis of ammonite Hoplitoplacenticeras.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Institute, University Köln

Primary reference: B. W. M. van Bakel, D. Guinot, P. Artal, R. H. B. Fraaije, and J. W. M. Jagt. 2012. A revision of the Palaeocorystoidea and the phylogeny of raninoidian crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Podotremata). Zootaxa 3215:1-216 [C. Schweitzer/S. Yost/J. Fearon]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 234642: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 26.04.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Cenomanocarcinidae