Mount Spin-Ghar, units 14-21 (Devonian to of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 3893

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.2° N, 68.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° S, 101.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Olsenak Formation, Givetian to Givetian (387.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• units 14-21, 3.80 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• and packstone

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 84650: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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? Temnocarinia sp., Solomnella sp.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet.
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Crassialveolites sp., Alveolites sp.
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora cf. alta
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Thecostegitidae
Thecostegites bouchardi
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
cf. Aulostegites sp.
cf. Aulostegites sp. Lejeune and Pel 1973 tabulate coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum cf. chitralense, Alaiophyllum sp.
Alaiophyllum sp. Goryanov 1961 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
"Cyathophyllum (Phacellophyllum) cf. caespitosum" = Disphyllum caespitosum
"Cyathophyllum (Phacellophyllum) cf. caespitosum" = Disphyllum caespitosum Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona spissa, Stictostroma uralense
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma uralense stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma schlueteri
Hermatostroma schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
? Stachyodes sp.
? Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Anostylostromatidae
Anostylostroma sp.
Anostylostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Sphaerocodium
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Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890