Araxes River canyon, bed 15 (Triassic of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (39.0° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 39.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elikah Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• Gray marls, a Pelecypoda bed - 6 m

• group of beds-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 132471: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Avicula cf. clarai" = Claraia clarai
"Avicula cf. clarai" = Claraia clarai Emmrich 1844 scallop