Mount Caraghsang, bed 21 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 3896

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.6° N, 67.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 46.6° S, 76.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Koh-e Giru Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• bed 21, 6-7 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 84705: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Frechastraea ex gr. pentagona Goldfuss 1826 horn coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Sphaerocodium
  -
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Renalcis
  - Chabakoviacea
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878