61 AD-30, Baba Darves (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

Where: Takhar, Afghanistan (36.8° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.5° N, 73.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baba Darves Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• brown and grey 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 78084: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.01.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
Ichthyosarcolites tricarinatus, Ichthyosarcolites triangularis
Ichthyosarcolites triangularis Desmarest 1822 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites sp.
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Aphrodina cf. plana
Aphrodina cf. plana Sowerby 1813 venus clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica calabra
Arctica calabra Seguenza 1876 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Trigonarca sp.
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna arata
Pinna arata Forbes 1846 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte vesicularis
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp.
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp.
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Pultney 1813 scallop