Genus: Asaphestera STEEN, 1934
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Species: playtris STEEN, 1934
Etymology:

Holotype: RM 2.1192

Locality: Joggins, Chignecto Bay, several miles of sea coast on the Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Joggins Formation, Coal-group 15.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Westephalian B, upper Westphalian, Middle Silesian series, Kashirskian Stage, Moscovian Epoch, Late Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous).

Material: Dorsal portion of posterior skull roof, impression of maxillary teeth, questionably associated postcranial material includes a scapulocoracoid, humerus and femur.