Where: Afghanistan (36.0° N, 68.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 76.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Bathonian to Late/Upper Bathonian (167.7 - 161.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. Rossi Ronchetti and N. Fantini Sestini. 1961. La fauna Giurassica di Karkar (Afghanistan) [The Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Afghanistan)]. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 67(2):103-152 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85947: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.01.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Montlivaltia sp., Montlivaltia hourcqi, Montlivaltia culullus, Montlivaltia cornutiformis, "Montlivaltia decipiens" = Montlivaltia decipiens, "Montlivaltia numismalis" = Montlivaltia decipiens, Montlivaltia cf. caryophyllata, Montlivaltia gregoryi, Montlivaltia cottreaui, Montlivaltia cyclolitoides
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia hourcqi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Montlivaltia culullus Gregory 1900 stony coral
"Montlivaltia decipiens" = Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
"Montlivaltia numismalis" = Montlivaltia decipiens Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Montlivaltia cf. caryophyllata Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
Montlivaltia gregoryi Alloiteau 1958 stony coral
Montlivaltia cottreaui Collignon 1932 stony coral
Montlivaltia cyclolitoides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral | |
Chomatoseris porpites Smith 1816 stony coral | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Sphenorhynchia aff. plicatella Sowerby 1825 | |
Acanthothiris sp. d'Orbigny 1849 | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucina cf. rotundata Roemer 1835 clam | |
Myopholas acuticosta clam | |
Pleuromya sp. Meek 1873 clam
Pleuromya uniformis Sowerby 1813 clam | |
Corbula aff. daghaniensis Cox 1935 clam | |
Pholadomya cf. lirata Sowerby 1818 clam | |
Trigonia cf. pullus Sowerby 1826 clam | |
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Camptonectes annulatus Sowerby 1826 scallop
Camptonectes rigidus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cardiiformis" = Plagiostoma, Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis, Pseudolimea duplicata
"Lima (Plagiostoma) cardiiformis" = Plagiostoma file clam
Lima (Plagiostoma) subcardiiformis Greppin 1867 file clam
Pseudolimea duplicata Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
"Oxytoma cf. inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis, Meleagrinella echinata
"Oxytoma cf. inaequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819 scallop | |
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana, Exogyra crassa
"Exogyra nana" = Nanogyra (Nanogyra) nana Sowerby 1822 oyster
Exogyra crassa oyster |