Mount Kelevudag section, Kemshidag Fm, Sam ple 05-7-35, 5 m above the base (Cretaceous of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (41.1° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.1° N, 44.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kemshidag Formation, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandstone and claystone

• Rhythmically alternating gray finegrained sand stones, greenish gray clays, light yellowish gray siliceous marlstones, light gray pelitomorphic limestones, and

•black combustible shales.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Bragina and N. Y. Bragin. 2015. New Data on Albian–Coniacian Radiolarians from the Kelevudag Section (Northeastern Azerbaijan). Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 23(1):45-56 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 165721: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.01.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Obeliscoitidae
Obeliscoites (cf. Obeliscoites) perspicuus
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala
Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Squinabollum fossile
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Holocryptocanium barbui
Holocryptocanium barbui Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Diacanthocapsa antiqua
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Thanarla veneta
Thanarla veneta Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera ? mellifera
Archaeocenosphaera ? mellifera O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Patellula helios, Patellula spica
Patellula helios radiolarian
Patellula spica radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Savaryella novalensis