Also known as Reef 1475
Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.9° N, 67.9° E: paleocoordinates 29.3° S, 106.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dewal Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• bed 13, 6 m thick
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 84666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.11.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Siphonophrentis sp. O'Connell 1914 horn coral | |
Heliophyllum sp. Hall 1846 horn coral | |
Phillipsastrea ex gr. hennahi horn coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral | |
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral |