Inoceramids, White limestone, Turonian, Pul-i-Khumri, Katagan (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (36.1° N, 68.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.1° N, 71.0° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; lithified, white limestone

• about 40 meters of white thin beded limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Sornay. 1974. Inocérames turoniens d'Afghanistan. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertébrés) 60(1):25-39 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 59210: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 21.03.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Inoceramus ex gr. labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus
"Inoceramus ex gr. labiatus" = Mytiloides labiatus Schlotheim 1813 clam