Mount Cawak: Eifelian - Givetian, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
"Conchidiella" calvata
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora cf. concentrica
Stromatopora huepschii (Bargatzky 1881)
Taleastroma yangdongi
Taleastroma boiarschinovi
Stromatoporoidea - Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Clathrocoilona obliterata (Lecompte 1951)
Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Gerronostroma lemniscum
Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Staphylopora informal sp. 2 Le Maître 1956
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae
Auloporidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816
? Pachyfavosites sp. Sokolov 1952
Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora cf. absurda
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenitidae indet. Sardeson 1896
Anthozoa - Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Phillipsastreidae indet. Hill 1954
Phillipsastrea ex gr. hennahi
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Siphonophrentidae
Siphonophrentis gigantea
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Zdimir pseudobaschkiricus
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Kymatothyris sp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida
Atrypacea indet. Gill 1871
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
unclassified
Sphaerocodium sp. Rothpletz 1890
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan State/province:Ghazni
Coordinates: 33.9° North, 68.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.5° South, 109.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Eifelian - Givetian
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cawak
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: beds 9-20
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified framestone
Secondary lithology: lithified rudstone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 1476
Database number:84663
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-11-06 04:15:52 Last modified:2008-11-07 06:39:20
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
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]