Inoceramids, level 13568/2, green marls, Turonian, Kowtal-e Sabzar, Herat: Late/Upper Turonian, Afghanistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus aff. schloenbachi
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Inoceramus waltersdorfensis
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| two subspecies listed | ||||||||||
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Inoceramus cf. fiegei
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Inoceramus cf. vancouverensis
Shumard 1858
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Inoceramus ex gr. ernsti
Heinz 1928
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Inoceramus (Inoceramus) ernsti | ||||||||||
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Inoceramus striatoconcentricus
Gümbel 1968
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Mytiloides striatoconcentricus | ||||||||||
| desribed as a new subspecies I. striatoconcentricus sabzakensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Afghanistan | County: | Herat |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 69.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° North, 72.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green lithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
| Disassociated major elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 59212 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
| Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-21 05:49:30 | Last modified: | 2006-03-21 08:11:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-21 05:49:30 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16934. | 1% 15800 | J. Sornay. 1974. Inocérames turoniens d'Afghanistan. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrés) 60(1):25-39 [L. Villier/L. Villier] |