Bed 46 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan (Devonian of Afghanistan)

Where: Herat, Afghanistan (34.6° N, 62.0° E: paleocoordinates 26.1° N, 92.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Bed 46 is 10m thick

Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray shale and shale

• section is inverted, with an average dip of 55 degrees to the north

Collection methods: Originals are housed in the Geological Institute of the University of Kabul (GIFa/Fa).

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

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70159: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Centrorhynchus charakensis" = Sartenaerus
"Centrorhynchus charakensis" = Sartenaerus
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Araratella dichotomians
Araratella dichotomians assimulata
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Prospira lapparenti n. sp.1
Eobrachythyris strunianus alatus
 Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae
Rigauxia cyrtinaeformis1
Cyrtospirifer crassiplicatus cyrtinaeformis
Rigauxia crassiplicata1
Cyrtospirifer crassiplicatus n. subsp. ?
 Spiriferida - Cyrtospiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae