Logar River, Badokalay Formation (Silurian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 2405

Where: Afghanistan (34.5° N, 69.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 69.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badokalay Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone and lithified siliciclastic

• reefal limestones in sand- and siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. S. Karapetov, V. L. Leleshus, and I. I. Sonin. 1975. Stratigrafiya i tabulyaty silura Afganistana [Stratigraphy and Tabulata of the Silurian in Afghanistan]. Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytateley Prirody, Otdel geologicheskiy 50(4):95-106 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79345: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.03.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziellidae
Retziella weberi
 Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Striispirifer cf. balchashensis, "Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus
"Cyrtia exporrecta" = Cyrtia exporrectus Wahlenberg 1818
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
Lissatrypa sp.
Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Spirigerina supramarginalis
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
"Camarotoechia" cf. bidentata
 Pentamerida - Clorindidae
Clorinda cf. pseudolinguifera
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena rhomboidalis
Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites afghanicus
Favosites afghanicus Karapetov et al. 1975 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Pachypora lapparenti n. sp.
Pachypora lapparenti n. sp. Karapetov et al. 1975 tabulate coral