Bed 40 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan: Frasnian, Afghanistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Tentaculitida
- Tentaculitidae
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Tentaculitidae indet.
Walcott 1886
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productella subaculeata
(Murchison 1840)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Cyrtospirifer sp.
Nalivkin 1924
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Ripidiorhynchus sp.
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unclassified
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Bryozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1831
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Acastidae
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Neocalmonia heratensis
Farsan 1981
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| recombined as Radiopyge heratensis | ||||||||||
| Neocalmonia (Radiopyge) heratensis n. subgen, n. sp. | ||||||||||
| 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: | 40 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Bed 40 is 12m thick | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: thin bedded dark grey to light grey limestone, very fossiliferous | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: section is inverted, with an average dip of 55 degrees to the north | |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| 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: | 70155 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
| Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-19 13:56:04 | Last modified: | 2007-03-19 19:03:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-19 13:56:04 |
| 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] |