Bulola Gorge (Permian of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.9° N, 68.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 62.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Neoschwagerina schuberti foram zone, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Neoschwagerina schuberti (middle Murgabian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Termier, G. Termier, and A.F. Lapparent. 1973. Grands bivalves récifaux du Permian supérieur de l'Afghanistan central. Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 93(1):75-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87195: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Alatoconchidae
"Alatoconcha vampyra" = Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) vampyra
"Alatoconcha vampyra" = Shikamaia (Alatoconcha) vampyra Termier et al. 1973 clam