Baisal, Bed 32 (Permian of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (39.6° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 2.7° S, 39.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chanakhchin Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, lenticular, gray limestone

• Light gray massive to thick-bedded limestone with uneven bedding planes.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. V. Kotlyar, Y.u. D. Zakharov, G. S. Kropatcheva, G. P. Pronina, I. O. Chedija and V. I. Burago. 1989. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Midian regional stage in the USSR 1-184 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94947: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Protonodosariidae
 Lagenina - Ichthyolariidae
 Endothyroidea - Bradyinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Paleofusulinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Nankinella sp. Lee 1933
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Reichelina sp. Erk 1941
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
 Tetrataxoidea - Abadehellidae
Abadehella coniformis Okimura and Ishii 1975
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina dzhulfensis Sokolskaja 1965
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965