Western Hindukush (Triassic of Afghanistan)
Where: Afghanistan (35.0° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 3.7° N, 57.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
• Doab Series
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; black, calcareous shale
• shale, black, marly, with limestone nodules
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Furon and L. F. Rosset. 1951. Contribution a l'etude du Trias en Afghanistan. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 23(5):558-565 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44173: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 03.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Daonella cf. moussoni Merian 1853 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
Pleuronautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1882 nautiloid | |
Atractites indet. Guembel 1861 belemnite | |
Monophyllites cf. sphaerophyllus Hauer 1851 ammonite | |
Sturia sansovinii Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite | |
"Ceratites afghanicus" = Bugunzhites afghanicus, "Ceratites afghanicus" = Bugunzhites afghanicus
"Ceratites afghanicus" = Bugunzhites afghanicus Furon 1951 ceratite | |
Trachyceras sp. Laube 1869 ceratite | |
Trematoceras indet. Eichwald 1851 |