Bed 44 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan: Early/Lower Famennian, Afghanistan
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Mesoplica aff. tasadyrica
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella rugosa
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtospiriferidae
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Dichospirifer piriformis
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Dichospirifer thylakistoides
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Dmitria seminoi
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Eobrachythyris proovalis
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Eobrachythyris strunianus
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Centrorhynchus deltidialis
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replaced by Sartenaerus | |||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Petasmariidae
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Megalopterorhynchus chanakchiensis
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Eoparaphorhynchus herirudensis
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10 specimens | ||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Aulacella interlineata
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Afghanistan | State/province: | Herat |
Coordinates: | 34.6° North, 62.0° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.5° North, 65.9° 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: | Early/Lower Famennian | ||
Age range of interval: | 376.10000 - 370.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Robat-e-Pai | Local bed: | 44 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Bed 44 is 10m thick. About 1062 meters above the base and 68 meters below the top of the outcrop, not including the massive Carboniferous limestone.
lower Famennian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
Lithology description: light to dark grey limestone with intercalated shales | |
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: | 70160 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | J. Sessa |
Modifier: | J. Sessa | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-19 14:15:18 | Last modified: | 2007-03-19 19:39:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-19 14:15:18 |
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] |