Ali Sang, Section B', Niveaux schisto-calcaires, Wardak (Permian of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° S, 61.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: D Member (Wardak Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Basal Murgabian - Neoschwagerina simplex

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, A.F. Lapparent and P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81411: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.06.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Tachylasmatidae
Tachylasma beyrichi Rothpletz 1892 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endotheciidae
Endothecium sp. n. sp. Koker 1924 horn coral
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
"Pleramplexus similis" = Paracaninia similis
"Pleramplexus similis" = Paracaninia similis Schindewolf 1942 horn coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
Permundaria sp. Nakamura et al. 1970
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis Chao 1927