Sumgait River, Gobustan, Maikop Group, a3 Burdigalian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 48.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: a3; 6 & 7 Member, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown claystone and marl

• dark chocolate clays ferruginate at the weathered surface, bearing jarosite and gypsum

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: S. V. Popov, E. K. Sychevskaya, M. A. Akhmet'ev, N. I. Zaporohets, and L. A. Golovina. 2008. Stratigraphy of the Maikop Group and Pteropoda Beds in Northern Azerbaijan. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 16(6):664-677 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116625: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae indet. Presl and Presl 1822
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Actinopteri
 Acanthomorphata - Priacanthidae
Priacanthus artus Danil'chenko 1980
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinella sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847 herring
Dinophyceae
  -
 Gonyaulacales -
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Pterodinium sp. Eisenack 1958
cf. Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
 Gonyaulacales -
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Deflandrea sp. Eisenack 1938
 Peridiniales -
Stoveracysta sp. Clowes 1985
 Life -
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans Smirnov 1935