Caparay Ghar Section A, Bed 22, Wardak (Permian of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 61.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wardak Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, red, sandy limestone

• Reddish sandy limestone in decimeter-scale beds

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 88396: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis Chao 1927
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spiriferella mexicana" = Cartorhium mexicanum
"Spiriferella mexicana" = Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858