Shishkat Area, Tajikistan (Devonian to of Tajikistan)

Also known as Reef 1160

Where: Turkestan, Tajikistan (39.2° N, 68.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.9° S, 73.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lochkovian to Lochkovian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• total thickness of Shishkat gorge os 80 m.

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• thick bedded and massive limestones with a very small admixture of terrigenous material.

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Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: 7000 tabulatomorph coral polyparies collected in Shishkat gorge

Primary reference: V.L. Leleshus. 1982. The Ecology of lower Devonian Corals of the Shishkat Area (Central Tadzhikistan). Paleontological Journal (3)1-5 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76914: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 10.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

• 21 genera rugose corals

•20 genera of tabulates

•1 genus of heliolitoids

•10 genera of stromatoporoids

•11 genera of bryozoans

•22 genera of brachiopods

•10 genera of gastropods

•20 genera of crinoids

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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Graptolithina
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Graptolithina indet.
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
 Lophophorata -
Tentaculitida indet.
Tentaculitida indet. Ljaschenko 1955
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Cephalopoda
 Nautiloidea -
Nautiloidea indet.
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Trilobita
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Trilobita indet.
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
Spongophyllum sp.
Spongophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Pleurodictyum sp.
Pleurodictyum sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Favositidae
Pachyfavosites sp., Dictyofavosites sp., Favosites sp., Rudakites sp., Squamites sp., Squameofavosites sp., Xenoemmonsia sp.
Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952 tabulate coral
Dictyofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1951 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Rudakites sp. Leleshus 1964 tabulate coral
Squamites sp. Leleshus 1971 tabulate coral
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
Xenoemmonsia sp. Leleshus 1971 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Parastriatoporidae
Parastriatopora amica
Parastriatopora amica tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Pachyporidae sp., Thamnopora sp., Striatopora sp.
Pachyporidae sp. Gerth 1921 tabulate coral
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Striatopora sp. Hall 1851 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Theciidae
Thecipora multa, Fossoporella sp.
Thecipora multa tabulate coral
Fossoporella sp. Leleshus 1965 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Caliapora sp., Microalveolites sp., Alveolites sp.
Caliapora sp. Schlüter 1889 tabulate coral
Microalveolites sp. Leleshus 1972 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae sp.
Auloporidae sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 tabulate coral
Foraminifera
 Foraminifera -
Foraminifera indet.