Tadjik Depression (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (36.0° N, 67.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 29.9° N, 74.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 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

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Ceratostreon flabellatum Goldfuss 1833 oyster
"Exogyra olisiponensis" = Costagyra olisiponensis Sharpe 1850 oyster