Mount Koh-e Qutun, unit 20 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1477

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° S, 99.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sin Ghar Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• 12-13 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone and lithified bindstone

• 2 biohermal lenses, 1 m and 3 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84640: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Endothyroidea - Loeblichiidae
Nanicella sp.
Sphaerocodium
  -
Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulostegites sp.
Aulostegites sp. Lejeune and Pel 1973 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringoporidae indet.
Syringoporidae indet. Fromentel 1864 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Metriophyllidae
cf. Metriophyllum sp.
cf. Metriophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
"Peneckiella" sp.
"Peneckiella" sp. Soshkina 1939 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria cf. magna, Marisastrum sp.
Marisastrum sp. Rozkowska 1965 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
? Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona spissa, ? Stictostroma sp., Stictostroma saginatum
? Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
? Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma saginatum Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge