Caparay Ghar Section A, Bed 23, Wardak: Roadian, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris nummulina (Reed 1944)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Spiriferella tibetana (Diener 1897)
    = Elivina termieri Waterhouse 2004
Waterhouse 2004
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Purdonella lunwalensis (Reed 1944)
recombined as Cartorhium lunwalensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia nucula Rothpletz 1892
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma radiatum Termier et al. 1974
Strophomenata - Productida - Paucispiniferidae
Kutorginella lapparenti Termier et al. 1974
recombined as Retimarginifera lapparenti
Strophomenata - Productida
Spinomarginifera helica (Abich 1878)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella nasuta Waagen 1884
    = Chonetella cf. nasuta Waagen 1884
Shen et al. 2000
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Linoproductus caparayensis n. sp. Termier et al. 1974
recombined as Costatumulus caparayensis
Strophomenata - Productida - Schrenkiellidae
Permundaria sisophonensis Nakamura et al. 1970
    = Permundaria sp. Nakamura et al. 1970
Sone and Mohd Shafeea Leman 2005
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis (Roemer 1880)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928
Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea (Huang 1932)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Pleramplexus leptoconicus (Abich 1878)
recombined as Cryptophyllum leptoconicum
Plerophyllum sp. Hinde 1890
Pleramplexus similis Schindewolf 1942
recombined as Paracaninia similis
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan
Coordinates: 34.1° North, 68.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.6° South, 61.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Roadian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 3
Key time interval:Roadian
Age range of interval:273.01000 - 266.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wardak
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous "limestone"
Secondary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Lithology description: Alternating marly limestone and black shale
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:88397
Authorizer:M. Clapham, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-04-10 19:15:49 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2009-04-10 19:15:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27426. 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]

Secondary references:

24679 S. Z. Shen, N. W. Archbold, G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen. 2000. Permian brachiopods from the Selong Xishan Section, Xizang (Tibet), China. Part 1: Stratigraphy, Strophomenida, Productida and Rhynchonellida. Geobios 33(6):725-752 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
13477 M. Sone and Mohd Shafeea Leman. 2005. Permian linoproductioid brachiopod Permundaria from Bera South, Peninsular Malaysia. Journal of Paleontology 79(3):601-606 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Clapham]
27371 J. B. Waterhouse. 2004. Permian and Triassic stratigraphy and fossils of the Himalaya in northern Nepal. Earthwise 6:1-259 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/B. Allen]