Inoceramids, level 13568/4, green marls, Turonian, Kowtal-e Sabzar, Herat: Late/Upper Turonian, Afghanistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus cf. vancouverensis
Shumard 1858
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2 specimens | ||||||
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
Local section: | Kotale Sabzak 2 | Local bed: | 13568/4 |
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: | 59214 | ||
Authorizer: | L. Villier | Enterer: | L. Villier |
Modifier: | L. Villier | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2006-03-21 06:00:46 | Last modified: | 2006-03-21 08:10:07 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-21 06:00:46 |
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] |