Where: Afghanistan (36.0° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 76.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Bathonian to Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Rossi Ronchetti and N. Fantini Sestini. 1961. La fauna Giurassica di Karkar (Afghanistan) [The Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Afghanistan)]. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 67(2):103-152 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85947: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Sphenorhynchia aff. plicatella Sowerby 1825 | |
Acanthothiris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 | |
Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Camptonectes annulatus Sowerby 1826 scallop | |
"Oxytoma cf. inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis, Meleagrinella echinata
"Oxytoma cf. inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop | |
Pseudolimea duplicata, "Lima (Plagiostoma) cardiiformis" = Plagiostoma, Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cardiiformis" = Plagiostoma file clam
Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Exogyra crassa
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Exogyra crassa oyster | |
Corbula aff. daghaniensis Cox 1935 clam | |
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam | |
Myopholas acuticosta clam | |
Pholadomya cf. lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Lucina cf. rotundata Roemer 1835 clam | |
Trigonia cf. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Anthozoa | |
Chomatoseris porpites Smith 1816 stony coral | |
Montlivaltia sp., Montlivaltia cottreaui, Montlivaltia cf. caryophyllata, Montlivaltia cyclolitoides, Montlivaltia culullus, Montlivaltia gregoryi, "Montlivaltia decipiens" = Montlivaltia decipiens, "Montlivaltia numismalis" = Montlivaltia decipiens, Montlivaltia hourcqi, Montlivaltia cornutiformis
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia cottreaui Collignon 1932 stony coral
Montlivaltia cf. caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia cyclolitoides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Montlivaltia culullus Gregory 1900 stony coral
Montlivaltia gregoryi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
"Montlivaltia decipiens" = Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Montlivaltia numismalis" = Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Montlivaltia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral |