Where: Takhar, Afghanistan (36.8° N, 70.0° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 32.3° N, 80.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Baba Darves Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. B. Quarto di Palo. 1970. Upper Cretaceous molluscs and brachiopods from Badakhshan. in Fossils of north-east Afghanistan 77-118 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/M. Manojlovic]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78084: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Trigonarca sp. Conrad 1862 clam | |
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster | |
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Pinna arata Forbes 1846 oyster | |
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa
"Neithea gibbosa" = Neithea (Neithea) gibbosa Pultney 1813 scallop | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist | |
Ichthyosarcolites tricarinatus Parona 1921 rudist
Ichthyosarcolites triangularis Desmarest 1822 rudist | |
Aphrodina cf. plana Sowerby 1813 venus clam | |
Arctica calabra Seguenza 1876 clam | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 |