Sansar Fm
Period:
Devonian
Age Interval:
Famennian – Frasnian (S2-D3), S4
Province:
North Tajik
Type Locality and Naming
Decisions..., 1959.
Synonym: Sansarskaia suite, санзарскую
Reference section:
Lithology and Thickness
It is made up of thick-bedded limestones up to 350 m.
Lithology Pattern:
Limestone
Relationships and Distribution
Lower contact
Underlain by Shingak Fm
Upper contact
Regional extent
They are widespread in the southern part of the Turkestan region in the valley of the Zeravshan River.
GeoJSON
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Fossils
Remains of Jurassic rugose corals Dendrostella trigemme Quendst., Neospongophyllum ex gr. variabile Wdkd., and brachiopods Stringocephalus burtini Defr., and Upper Devonian brachiopods Cyrtospirifer ex gr. verneuili Murch., Leiorhynchus aff. baschkiricuc Tschern (Vinogradov et al., 1961).
Age
Age Span:
Beginning stage:
Frasnian
Fraction up in beginning stage:
0.0
Beginning date (Ma):
378.90
Ending stage:
Famennian
Fraction up in the ending stage:
1.0
Ending date (Ma):
359.30
Depositional setting
Depositional pattern:
Additional Information
Compiler:
Extracted from Baratov, R. B. (1976). Subdivisions of stratified and intrusive rocks of Tajikistan. Donish, Dushanbe, 276.