Coupe De Safedak (Number 16 of 46: Montagnes Centrales): Eifelian, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporoidea
Stromatoporoidea indet. (Nicholson and Murie 1878)
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favositidae indet. Dana 1846
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Gracilopora sp. Chudinova 1964
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan State/province:Vardak
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 68.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° South, 112.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Eifelian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bokan
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: bed 34, 10 m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified floatstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1478
Database number:75081
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:F. Reichel, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-09-19 13:11:36 Last modified:2008-11-05 07:50:17
Access level:the public Released:2007-09-19 13:11:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25300. 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]