Tadjik Depression (Cretaceous of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (36.0° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 23.4° N, 67.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 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 186346: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 21.06.2017

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, "Lopha (? Lopha) semiplana" = Hyotissa semiplana, "Liostrea rouvillei" = Curvostrea rouvillei
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
"Lopha (? Lopha) semiplana" = Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
"Liostrea rouvillei" = Curvostrea rouvillei Coquand 1862 oyster