The Nowshera Formation preserves the only Devonian reef complex known in Pakistan — sandy dolomite and fossiliferous reef limestone dated by conodonts to the Early–early Late Devonian, giving the first firm Devonian ages south of the Main Karakoram Thrust.

• Pakistan's only Devonian reef (stromatoporoid–coral) complex
• Conodont-dated Lochkovian–Frasnian
• Historically important for Peshawar-basin biostratigraphy

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