Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.2° N, 68.3° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 112.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Olsenak Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• bed 17, 25 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified floatstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 1985. Phénomènes récifaux dans le Dévonien d'Afghanistan (Montagnes Centrales) - Analyse et systématique des Stromatopores. Societe Geologique du Nord (11)1-381 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75080: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 19.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

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