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
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge | |
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Anthozoa | |
Frechastraea ex gr. pentagona Goldfuss 1826 horn coral | |
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral | |
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
Sphaerocodium | |
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890 | |
Renalcis | |
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932 | |
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 |