Where: Uzbekistan (39.2° N, 67.3° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 72.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Khodzha Khurgan Formation, Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 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 38673: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 28.04.2004
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