Bed 43 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan: Famennian, Afghanistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Leptocaryorhynchus jamensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Centrorhynchus deltidialis
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replaced by Sartenaerus | |||||||
Centrorhynchus charakensis
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replaced by Sartenaerus | |||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Eobrachythyris proovalis
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Dmitria sp.
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Cyrtospirifer quadratus
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= Cyrtospirifer orthogoniformis
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella rugosa
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Afghanistan | State/province: | Herat |
Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 62.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 26.1° North, 92.3° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Late/Upper Devonian |
Stage: | Famennian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 5 |
Key time interval: | Famennian | ||
Age range of interval: | 372.20000 - 358.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Robat-e-Pai | Local bed: | 43 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Bed 43 is 20m thick |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | brown,gray sandy "limestone" |
Lithology description: sandy brownish to grey limestone | |
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: | 70158 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-19 14:10:32 | Last modified: | 2007-03-19 19:00:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-19 14:10:32 |
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] |
Secondary references:
23565 | D. Brice and M. Farsan. 1976. Brachiopods from the upper Devonian of Robat-e-Pai (Afghanistan). Discovery of the genera Ladogia Nalivkin, 1941 and Eoparaphorhynchus Sartenaer, 1961 (Rynchonellida). Annales de la Societe Geologique du Nord 96(3):225-232 [A. Miller/J. Sessa] | |
23564 | D. Brice. 1999. New data on systematics of some Famennian spiriferid brachiopods from Afghanistan and Iran. Senckenbergiana lethaea 79(1):281-295 [A. Miller/J. Sessa/A. Miller] |