Bed 30 of the Robat-e- Pai section, Afghanistan (Devonian of Afghanistan)
Where: Herat, Afghanistan (34.6° N, 62.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.6° S, 94.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Frasnian (383.7 - 376.1 Ma)
• Bed 30 is 15m thick
Environment/lithology: marine; yellow limestone and gray, sandy shale
• section is inverted, with an average dip of 55 degrees to the north
• alternation of yellow well bedded limestone and grey sandy shales
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 70153: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.03.2007