Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 45.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 1 & 2 Member (Koun Formation), Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown, gray, green 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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45884: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.12.2004

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