Where: Tajikistan (39.0° N, 69.0° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° S, 74.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Verkhneargskaya Formation, Pridoli to Pridoli (423.0 - 410.8 Ma)
• Downtonian-Gedinnian; The Verkhneargskaya Suite has a thickness of 300m.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale
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 45839: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 09.12.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
Rhodocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Pentagonocyclicus cf. astericus Sea lily
Pentagonocyclicus cf. jucundus Sea lily | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hermatostroma cf. undatum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Paramphipora dilucida stromatoporoid sponge
Paramphipora ex gr. humilis stromatoporoid sponge
Amphipora ex gr. socialis stromatoporoid sponge | |
Intexodictyon ex gr. savaliense stromatoporoid sponge | |
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Anthozoa | |
Chavsakia chavsakiensis horn coral | |
Embolophyllum ex gr. isfairamense horn coral | |
Pseudamplexus cf. princeps horn coral | |
Tryplasma asiaticum horn coral
Tryplasma aequabilis horn coral | |
Holmophyllum taltiense horn coral | |
Lythophyllum sokolovi horn coral | |
Favosites similis, Pachyfavosites kozlowskii, Squameofavosites argensis, Squameofavosites cf. singularis
Favosites similis tabulate coral
Pachyfavosites kozlowskii tabulate coral
Squameofavosites argensis tabulate coral
Squameofavosites cf. singularis tabulate coral |