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
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 | |
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis Chao 1927 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferella mexicana" = Cartorhium mexicanum
"Spiriferella mexicana" = Cartorhium mexicanum Shumard 1858 |