Shishkat section IV, Kshtut Formation (Devonian of Tajikistan)

Also known as Reef 1160

Where: Tajikistan (39.4° N, 68.1° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 73.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kshtut Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• The collection includes the lower part (Kshtut Formation) of the section. The upper part (Pandzhrut Formation) is of Emsian age.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• organogenic-detrital sandy limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. Schröder. 2007. Colonial Rugosa from the Early Devonian (Pragian) of the Zeravshan Range, Tajikistan. Alcheringa 31:121-151 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84334: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.10.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Fasciphyllidae
 Stauriida - Spongophyllidae
 Stauriida - Ptenophyllidae
Lyrielasma "sp. A" Hill 1939 horn coral
Lyrielasma "sp. B" Hill 1939 horn coral
ex gr. L. chapmani/tenueseptata
Australophyllum soghdianum n. sp. Schröder 2007 horn coral
 Stauriida - Pycnostylidae
Pycnostylus sp. Whiteaves 1884 horn coral
 Stauriida - Endophyllidae
? Iowaphyllum sp. Stumm 1949 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Tryplasmatidae
Loboplasma sp. Spasskiy et al. 1975 horn coral
Maikottia sp. Lavrusevich 1967 horn coral
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
? Microplasma sp. Dybowski 1873 horn coral