Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.7° S, 62.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wardak Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, black, carbonaceous wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, A.F. Lapparent and P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88263: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2009
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Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Stenolaemata | |
Parafenestralia cf. longa Morozova 1970 | |
? Wjatkella cf. grandis Morozova 1970 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Sergospirifer marini n. sp.
Sergospirifer marini n. sp. Termier et al. 1974 | |
Notothyris praelecta Reed 1944
Notothyris acuta Reed 1944 | |
Spiriferellina bilotensis Reed 1944 | |
Strophomenata | |
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis
"Karavankina wardakensis" = Vediproductus punctatiformis Chao 1927 | |
Bivalvia | |
Myalina sp., "Orthomyalina sp." = Myalina (Orthomyalina)
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
"Orthomyalina sp." = Myalina (Orthomyalina) Newell 1942 clam | |
Marinopecten caparayensis n. gen. n. sp.
Marinopecten caparayensis n. gen. n. sp. Termier et al. 1974 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Bellerophon khairliensis" = Pharkidonotus khairliensis
"Bellerophon khairliensis" = Pharkidonotus khairliensis Reed 1944 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Geinitzina postcarbonica Spandel 1901 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Chlorophyceae | |
? Gyroporella sp. Gümbel 1872 |