Coupe De Dewal, beds 59-68 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Also known as Reef 1475

Where: Ghazni, Afghanistan (33.8° N, 68.0° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° S, 98.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dewal Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• beds 59-68, about 40 m thick, Frasnian part of the reef complex

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• The Formation of Dewal is a very well developed reef complex

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 75031: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 16.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Stromatopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Trupetostromatidae
Hermatostroma perseptatum stromatoporoid sponge
Hermatostroma afghanense Mistiaen 1985 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Stromatoporellidae
Stictostroma uralense stromatoporoid sponge
Stictostroma sp. Parks 1936 stromatoporoid sponge
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
cf. Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes verticillata stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes australe stromatoporoid sponge
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Disphyllidae
? Hexagonaria sp. Gürich 1896 horn coral
Disphyllum sp. Fromentel 1861 horn coral
 Auloporida - Aulocystidae
? Aulostegites sp. Lejeune and Pel 1973 tabulate coral
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora sp. Steininger 1831 tabulate coral
Thamnopora cf. alta tabulate coral
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolitidae indet. Duncan 1872 tabulate coral
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral
Crassialveolites sp. Sokolov 1955 tabulate coral
Scoliopora "sp. 1" Lang et al. 1940 tabulate coral
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Productella subaculeata Murchison 1840
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
? Cyrtospirifer sp. Nalivkin 1924
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Bairdia sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod
? Bairdiacypris sp. Bradfield 1935 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
? Bythocypris sp. Brady 1880 ostracod