Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: a2; 5 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 116623: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Angiospermae | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986 | |
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Melitasphaeridium sp., Achilleodinium sp., Thalassiphora sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Nematosphaeropsis sp., Impagidinium sp., Systematophora sp., Cordosphaeridium sp., Lingulodinium sp.
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966 | |
Distatodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Apteodinium sp. Eisenack 1958 | |
Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967
Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994 | |
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Caligodinium sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 |