Coupe De Dewal, beds 11-58: Givetian, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Temnocarinia sp.
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940
Scoliopora informal sp. 1 Lang et al. 1940
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952
Squameofavosites cf. divissimus
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
Thamnopora cf. alta
Anthozoa - Favositida
Dendropora sp. Michelin 1846
Mistiaen 1991
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringoporidae indet. Fromentel 1864
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis sp. O'Connell 1914
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Disphyllidae
Disphyllidae indet. Hill 1939
cf. Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896
Hexagonaria cf. lavali
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea cf. hennahi
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
? Embolophyllum sp. Pedder 1967
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
Keriophyllum cf. cylindricum
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora informal sp. 1 Le Maître 1956
Staphylopora informal sp. 2 Le Maître 1956
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma afghanense n. sp. Mistiaen 1985
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stromatoporella granulata
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931
Clathrocoilona obliterata (Lecompte 1951)
Clathrocoilona spissa (Lecompte 1951)
? Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936
Stictostroma cf. brylkini
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora concentrica
Stromatopora huepschii (Bargatzky 1881)
Taleastroma boiarschinovi
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma lemniscum
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon cf. connectum
Atelodictyon strictum
Atelodictyon dewalense n. sp. Mistiaen 1985
Stromatoporoidea - Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Euryamphipora sp. Klovan 1966
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
? Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881
Stachyodes cf. verticillata
Stachyodes ? australe
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952
Stromatoporoidea - Syringostromatida - Coenostromatidae
? Habrostroma sp. Fagerstrom 1982
Habrostroma paucicanaliculata
Habrostroma incrustans
Conodonta - Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus expansus Branson and Mehl 1938
Conodonta - Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella triangularis
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
unclassified
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida
Atrypacea indet. Gill 1871
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
Rensselandia aff. circularis
synonym of Newberria
? Rensselandia sp.
synonym of Newberria
Parastringocephalus dewalense
Stringocephalus sp.
Stringocephalus aff. burtini (Defrance 1825)
unclassified
cf. Wetheredella sp. Wood 1948
synonym of Allonema
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan State/province:Ghazni
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 68.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° South, 106.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Nawar Formation:Dewal
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: beds 11-58, about 130 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The Formation of Dewal is a very well developed reef complex
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1475
Database number:74993
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:F. Reichel, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-13 12:01:03 Last modified:2008-11-07 05:05:47
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-13 12:01:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25300. B. Mistiaen. 1985. Phénomènes récifaux dans le Dévonien d'Afghanistan (Montagnes Centrales) - Analyse et systématique des Stromatopores. Societe Geologique du Nord (11)1-381 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]

Secondary references:

41297 B. Mistiaen. 1991. Dendropora explicita Michelin, 1846 et D. briceae nov. sp. (Tabulata) dans leur localite-type du Boulonnais. Presence du genre en Afghanistan. Geobios 24(2):141-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]