Mount Islamdag, Eastern Slope, Maikop Group, member 4 & 4, Aquitanian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 3 & 4 Member, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 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 116633: 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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 Eukaryota -
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Tytthodiscus
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Tytthodiscus sp. Norem 1955
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Angiospermae
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Actinopteri
 Argentiniformes - Argentinidae
 Scombriformes - Stromateidae
Pinichthys sp. Bannikov 1985
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus altus Danil'chenko 1960 pipefish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Sardinella sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847 herring
Dinophyceae
  -
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
 Peridiniales -
 Life -
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans Smirnov 1935