Where: Herat, Afghanistan (34.6° N, 62.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 92.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Bed 43 is 20m thick

Environment/lithology: marine; brown, gray, sandy limestone

Collection methods: Originals are housed in the Geological Institute of the University of Kabul (GIFa/Fa).

Primary reference: M. Farsan. 1981. New Asteropyginae (Trilobita) from the Devonian of Afghanistan. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176(4-6):158-171 [A. Miller/J. Sessa]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70158: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.03.2007

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