Abstract
Noor Farsan will always be remembered for his friendliness and cheerful demeanor as well as for his contributions to paleontology. His premature death from a long-standing cancer illness on 23 April 2003, at the age of 62 is not only a great personal loss to family and friends but to the world of science as well. His passing marks the end of a unique type of research into the paleobiology of tentaculitids, in which the shell structure rather than external shell morphology of these animals was emphasized as a basis for taxonomy and phylogeny. Noor was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 15 September 1940. His parents divorced shortly before he was born and he was raised by his maternal grandfather. His grandfather was employed by the king of Afghanistan, who in turn was acquainted with the German emperor Wilhelm II, and …
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