Bed 8 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan: Frasnian, Afghanistan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Gyrtospirifer sp.
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Cyphoterorhynchus arpaensis
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
Uchtospirifer multiplicatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Afghanistan State/province:Herat
Coordinates: 34.6° North, 62.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.6° North, 62.0° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Late/Upper Devonian
Stage:Frasnian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 4
Key time interval:Frasnian
Age range of interval:382.70000 - 372.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Robat-e-Pai Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Bed 8 is 60m thick
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray "limestone"
Lithology description: gray limestone with shell horizons
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: section is inverted, with an average dip of 55 degrees to the north
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Originals are housed in the Geological Institute of the University of Kabul (GIFa/Fa).
Metadata
Database number:70141
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:J. Sessa
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-03-19 12:40:35 Last modified:2007-03-19 14:40:35
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-19 12:40:34
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
23566. M. Farsan. 1981. New Asteropyginae (Trilobita) from the Devonian of Afghanistan. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 176(4-6):158-171 [A. Miller/J. Sessa]