Mount Bokan West, beds 113-129 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1476

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (34.0° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 99.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Quark-e Bodak Member (Cawak Formation), Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• beds 113-129, 43 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified bafflestone

• reefal limestones (framestones, bafflestones, rudstones, bindstones, floatstones, boundstones)

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 84662: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
? Girvanella sp.
? Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Cyrtospirifer sp.
Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
 Spiriferida - Adolfiidae
? Adolfia sp.
? Adolfia sp. Gürich 1909
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Desquamatia sp.
Desquamatia sp. Alekseeva 1960
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp.
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Hexagonaria sp., Hexagonaria cf. lavali
Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
Aulostegites sp.
Aulostegites sp. Lejeune and Pel 1973 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet.
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp., Crassialveolites sp., Scoliopora sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp., Thamnopora cf. alta
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora "sp. 2"
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp.
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp.
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma sp., Stictostroma cf. uralense, Stictostroma saginatum, Clathrocoilona sp.
Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma cf. uralense stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma saginatum Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma cf. schlueteri
Hermatostroma cf. schlueteri stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp., Stachyodes australe
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge