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
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dewal Formation (Nawar Group), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• beds 11-58, about 130 m thick
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original calcite
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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74993: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 13.09.2007, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Hormogoneae | |
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878 | |
Sphaerocodium | |
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890 | |
"cf. Wetheredella sp." = Allonema
"cf. Wetheredella sp." = Allonema | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Conodonta | |
Icriodus expansus Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont | |
Belodella triangularis conodont | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Crurithyris sp. George 1931 | |
Atrypacea indet. Gill 1871 | |
Stringocephalus sp., Stringocephalus aff. burtini, Parastringocephalus dewalense, "? Rensselandia sp." = Newberria, "Rensselandia aff. circularis" = Newberria
Stringocephalus aff. burtini Defrance 1825
"? Rensselandia sp." = Newberria
"Rensselandia aff. circularis" = Newberria | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Anthozoa | |
Keriophyllum cf. cylindricum horn coral | |
Disphyllidae indet. Hill 1939 horn coral
cf. Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
Hexagonaria cf. lavali horn coral | |
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
Phillipsastrea cf. hennahi horn coral
Macgeea sp. Webster 1889 horn coral | |
? Embolophyllum sp. Pedder 1967 horn coral | |
Siphonophrentis sp. O'Connell 1914 horn coral | |
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral | |
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral | |
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Squameofavosites cf. divissimus tabulate coral | |
Dendropora sp. Michelin 1846 tabulate coral | |
Scoliopora sp. Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Scoliopora "sp. 1" Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral | |
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896 tabulate coral | |
Syringoporidae indet. Fromentel 1864 tabulate coral | |
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral | |
Stromatoporoidea | |
Atelodictyon strictum stromatoporoid sponge
Atelodictyon cf. connectum stromatoporoid sponge
Atelodictyon dewalense n. sp. Mistiaen 1985 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Gerronostroma lemniscum stromatoporoid sponge | |
Habrostroma paucicanaliculata stromatoporoid sponge
? Habrostroma sp. Fagerstrom 1982 stromatoporoid sponge
Habrostroma incrustans stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stachyodes cf. verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
? Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes ? australe stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes costulata Lecompte 1952 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Stromatopora concentrica stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatopora huepschii Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Taleastroma boiarschinovi stromatoporoid sponge | |
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Euryamphipora sp. Klovan 1966 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Hermatostroma afghanense n. sp.
Hermatostroma afghanense n. sp. Mistiaen 1985 stromatoporoid sponge | |
Clathrocoilona sp., Clathrocoilona obliterata, Clathrocoilona spissa, Stictostroma cf. brylkini, ? Stictostroma sp., Stromatoporella granulata
Clathrocoilona sp. Yavorsky 1931 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona obliterata Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Clathrocoilona spissa Lecompte 1951 stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma cf. brylkini stromatoporoid sponge
? Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
Stromatoporella granulata stromatoporoid sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Staphylopora "sp. 1" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge
Staphylopora "sp. 2" Le Maître 1956 chaetetid sponge |