Araxes River canyon, bed 1 (Permian of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (39.0° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Zone of Productus intermedius Abich; 2 m thickness.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.A. Stoyanow in 1908

• Repository: not stated

Primary reference: A. A. Stoyanow. 1910. On the character of the boundary of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic near Djulfa. Zapiski Imperatorskago St. Peterburgskago Mineralogicheskago Obshchestva, Vtoraya Seriya 47:61-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132459: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax" cf. utah Marcou 1858
 Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
""Camarophoria" cf. solitaria" = Stenoscisma solitaria
""Camarophoria" cf. solitaria" = Stenoscisma solitaria Gemmellaro 1899
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
""Athyris" cf. planosulcata" = Actinoconchus planosulcatus
""Athyris" cf. planosulcata" = Actinoconchus planosulcatus Phillips 1836
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
"Orthotetes peregrinus" = Orthothetina peregrina, "Orthotetes armeniacus" = Orthothetina eusarkos
"Orthotetes peregrinus" = Orthothetina peregrina Abich 1878
"Orthotetes armeniacus" = Orthothetina eusarkos Abich 1878
 Productida -
""Marginifera" cf. ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis, "Marginifera helica" = Spinomarginifera helica
""Marginifera" cf. ovalis" = Marginifera (Arenaria) ovalis Waagen 1884
"Marginifera helica" = Spinomarginifera helica Abich 1878
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus intermedius" = Araxilevis intermedius
"Productus intermedius" = Araxilevis intermedius Abich 1878
 Productida - Tschernyschewiidae
Tschernyschewia typica Stoyanow 1910