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 | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Angiospermae | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
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 | |
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976 | |
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Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986
Apteodinium sp. Eisenack 1958 | |
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Nematosphaeropsis sp., Thalassiphora sp., Cordosphaeridium sp., Melitasphaeridium sp., Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Impagidinium sp., Lingulodinium sp., Systematophora sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Achilleodinium sp.
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976 | |