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 | |
Thecostegites sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 tabulate coral | |
Roemerolites sp. Dubatolov 1963 tabulate coral |