Also known as Reef 1477
Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° S, 106.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sin Ghar Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• beds 4 (5-8 m thick) and 6 (20-40 m thick)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified grainstone
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 84645: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
| Anthozoa | |
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Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
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? Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral | |
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Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
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Phillipsastrea hennahi horn coral | |
| Stromatoporoidea | |
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? Hermatostroma cf. schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge | |
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? Salairella sp. Khalfina 1961 stromatoporoid sponge | |
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Atelodictyon aggregatum stromatoporoid sponge | |
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Actinostroma devonense stromatoporoid sponge
Actinostroma perlaminatum stromatoporoid sponge | |