Mount Cawak (Devonian to of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1476

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.9° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.5° S, 109.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cawak Formation, Eifelian to Eifelian (393.3 - 382.7 Ma)

• beds 9-20

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 84663: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Conchidiella" calvata
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet.
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet.
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet.
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
? Pachyfavosites sp., Favosites sp.
? Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora cf. absurda
Thamnopora cf. absurda tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis gigantea
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastreidae indet., Phillipsastrea ex gr. hennahi
Phillipsastreidae indet. Hill 1954 horn coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora "sp. 2"
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cf. concentrica, Stromatopora huepschii, Taleastroma yangdongi, Taleastroma boiarschinovi
Stromatopora cf. concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Taleastroma yangdongi stromatoporoid sponge
Taleastroma boiarschinovi stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona obliterata
Clathrocoilona obliterata Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma lemniscum
Gerronostroma lemniscum stromatoporoid sponge
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Zdimir pseudobaschkiricus
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Kymatothyris sp.
 Atrypida -
Atrypacea indet.
Atrypacea indet. Gill 1871
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Sphaerocodium
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Sphaerocodium sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890