ammonites
Mount Koh-e Qutun, unit 8 (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Where: Vardak, Afghanistan (34.3° N, 68.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° S, 107.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sin Ghar Formation, Givetian (388.1 - 383.7 Ma)

• 10 m thick

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified floatstone and lithified rudstone

Size class: macrofossils

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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84638: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.11.2008