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
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 | |
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Angiospermae | |
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum | |
Ulmus sp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
Zelkova sp. Spach 1841 zelkova | |
Myrica sp. Linnaeus 1753 bayberry | |
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Pinopsida | |
Tytthodiscus | |
Tytthodiscus sp. Norem 1955 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Actinopteri | |
Pinichthys sp. Bannikov 1985 | |
Syngnathus altus Danil'chenko 1960 pipefish | |
Sardinella sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1847 herring | |
Dinophyceae | |
Impagidinium sp., Lingulodinium macherophorum, Nematosphaeropsis sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Systematophora sp.
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960 | |
Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
Merluccius errans | |
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans
"Merluccius errans" = Spinogadus errans Smirnov 1935 |