Tadjik Depression (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)
Where: Afghanistan (36.0° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 70.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: N. N. Bobkova. 1961. Late Cretaceous Oysters from the Tadjik Depression. Trudy. VSEGEI NS 50 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186339: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.06.2017
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
"Gryphaea vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa, "Exogyra turkestanensis" = Gyrostrea turkestanensis, "Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis, Ceratostreon flabellatum
"Gryphaea vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis vesiculosa Sowerby 1822 oyster Gryphaea vesiculosa turkestanica
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster |