Mount Islamdag, Eastern Slope, Maikop Group, member 6-8, Burdigalian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 48.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: c; 6-8 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 116635: 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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Tytthodiscus
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Tytthodiscus sp. Norem 1955
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Angiospermae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagaceae indet. Dumortier 1829
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae sp. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathus sp. Linnaeus 1758 pipefish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet. Cuvier 1817 herring
Alosa sp. Linck 1790 herring