Ginigar, Section G, Niveaux Schisto-Calcaires, Wardak (Permian of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 61.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• Neoschwagerina simplex

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119244: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
 Spiriferida - Paeckelmanellidae
Paeckelmanella tenuicostata Termier et al. 1974
Strophomenata
 Productida - Hercosiidae
Strophorichthofenia afghana Termier et al. 1974
 Productida - Productellidae
"Retaria" sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina polita Fliegel 1901
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum, "Pleramplexus" sp.
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Abich 1878 horn coral
"Pleramplexus" sp. Schindewolf 1940 horn coral