Where: Tajikistan (39.0° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° S, 75.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Verkhneargskaya Formation, Pridoli (423.0 - 419.2 Ma)
• Downtonian; The Kuprukskiye Layer forms the lower part of the Verkhneargskaya Suite and has a thickness of 350m.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; dolomitic limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. I. Lavrusevich, V. I. Lavrusevich, and V. D. Saltovskaya. 1973. Daunton i nizhniy devon Zeravshano-Gissarskoy gornoy oblasti. The Downtonian and lower Devonian of the Zeravshan-Hissar mountain region. Sovetskaya Geologiya 12:10-25 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45827: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 07.12.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Anthozoa | |
Tryplasma asiaticum horn coral | |
Lythophyllum sokolovi horn coral |