Koh-e Giru, unit 2 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Where: Kabul, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° S, 89.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Koh-e Giru Formation, Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, calcareous mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Blieck, P. Janvier, H. Lelievre, B. Mistiaen, and C. Montenat. 1982. Vertébrés du Dévonien supérieur d'Afghanistan. Bull. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris 4:3-19 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232508: authorized by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland, entered by Joseph Flannery-Sutherland on 01.12.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Eobrachythyris strunianus
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Dichospirifer sp.
Chondrichthyes
 Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
? Cladodus sp.
? Cladodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch
 Ischnacanthiformes -
Ischnacanthiformes indet.
Ischnacanthiformes indet. Berg 1940 spiny fish
Actinopteri
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Moythomasia sp.
Moythomasia sp. Gross 1950