Mount Qajir (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1475

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.8° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.4° S, 106.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dewal Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• bed 12, 10 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: B. Mistiaen. 1985. Phénomènes récifaux dans le Dévonien d'Afghanistan (Montagnes Centrales) - Analyse et systématique des Stromatopores. Societe Geologique du Nord (11)1-381 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84669: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.11.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
? Devonaria sp.
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
? Ivdelinia sp.
? Ivdelinia sp. Andronov 1961
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Indospirifer padaukpinensis
 Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae
Spinocyrtia ascendens
 Atrypida - Glassiidae
Glassia sp.
Glassia sp. Davidson 1881
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
"Atrypa" sp., Anatrypa sp.
"Atrypa" sp. Dalman 1828
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
? Cyrtina sp.
? Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Kransia goldfussi
Lophophorata
 Tentaculitida - Tentaculitidae
Tentaculites sp.
Tentaculites sp. von Schlotheim 1820
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp.
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastrea cf. hennahi
 Favositida - Favositidae
? Pachyfavosites sp., Favosites sp., Squameofavosites cf. divissimus
? Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora micropora, Thamnopora sp.
Thamnopora micropora tabulate coral
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet.
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Taleastroma boiarschinovi
Taleastroma boiarschinovi stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Atelodictyidae
Atelodictyon cf. connectum
Atelodictyon cf. connectum stromatoporoid sponge
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma verrucosum
Actinostroma verrucosum stromatoporoid sponge
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora "sp. 1", Staphylopora "sp. 2"
Staphylopora "sp. 1" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge