Also known as Reef 1477

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° S, 106.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Baghalak Member (Badragha Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• unit 3, 15-20 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84631: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.11.2008

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