Where: Uzbekistan (39.2° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 73.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Madmon Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• Pragian/Emsian boundary at base of Bed 9/5. Pragian part is beds 2 to 9/4, kindlei and pireneae zones, Khukar Horizon, Kushnovian Suprahorizon, Madmon Formation. Emsian part is beds 9/5 to 26, kitabicus Zone, Zinzilban Horizon, Kitabian Suprahorizon, Khodzha Khurgan Formation.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lime mudstone

Primary reference: E. A. Yolkin, A. I. Kim, K. Weddige, J. A. Talent, and M. R. House. 2000. The basal Emsian GSSP in Zinzil'ban Gorge, Uzbekistan. Courier Forschungs-Institut Senckenberg 225:17-25 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38672: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.04.2004

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