Coupe De Dewal, Mound Structure (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1479

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.8° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.8° S, 112.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• The Mud Mound is representing the Bottom of the Coupe de Dewal

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified floatstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: recrystallized, original calcite, replaced with dolomite

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 75000: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 13.09.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Thecostegitidae
Thecostegites sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Roemerolites sp. Dubatolov 1963 tabulate coral