Where: Takhar, Afghanistan (36.8° N, 70.0° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 73.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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
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 78086: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites
"Ichthyosarcolites sp." = Icthyosarcolites Desmarest 1817 rudist | |
"Trigonarca diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras
"Trigonarca diceras" = Cucullaea (Idonearca) diceras Seguenza 1882 clam | |
Amphidonte conica, "Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa, Pycnodonte vesicularis
Amphidonte conica Sowerby 1813 oyster
"Pycnodonte vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Lima sp. Bruguière 1797 file clam |