Where: Takhar, Afghanistan (36.6° N, 69.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.2° N, 72.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baba Darves Formation, Cenomanian to Cenomanian (100.5 - 89.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. B. Quarto di Palo. 1970. Upper Cretaceous molluscs and brachiopods from Badakhshan. in Fossils of north-east Afghanistan 77-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78078: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Amphidonte columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
"Amphidonte columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster |