Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° S, 73.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wardak Formation, Asselian (298.9 - 295.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, A.F. Lapparent and P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88265: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2009
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Taxonomic list
| Stenolaemata | |
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Stenopora lyndoni Phillips Ross 1963 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Punctospirifer afghanus Termier et al. 1974 | |
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Pachycyrtella sp.1 Angiolini 2001 | |
|
Gilledia cymbaeformis Morris 1845 | |
"Tomiopsis angulata" = Ingelarella angulata
"Tomiopsis angulata" = Ingelarella angulata Campbell 1959 | |
Neospirifer cf. pseudonitiensis, "Neospirifer paucicostulatus" = Koenigoria paucicostulata
Neospirifer cf. pseudonitiensis Plodowski 1968
"Neospirifer paucicostulatus" = Koenigoria paucicostulata Reed 1925 | |
| Strophomenata | |
"Streptorhynchus bioni" = Arctitreta bioni
"Streptorhynchus bioni" = Arctitreta bioni Reed 1932 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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"Casterella" wardakensis n. sp. Termier et al. 1974 clam
Megadesmus globosus Sowerby 1838 clam | |
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? Palaeolucina cf. unica Reed 1932 clam | |
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Oriocrassatella lapidaria Reed 1932 clam | |
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Eurydesma mytiloides Reed 1932 scallop | |
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Heteropecten exemplarius Newell 1938 scallop | |
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Atomodesma mytiloides Beyrich 1865 clam | |
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Parallelodon cf. interrupta de Koninck 1898 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Euconospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail | |
| Scyphozoa | |
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Calloconularia sp. jellyfish | |