Mount Kelevudag, Kemchi Fm, Member 6, samples 05-7-52/53 (Cretaceous of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (41.1° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 44.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 6 Member (Kemchi Formation), Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)

• lower Turonian Zorat Beds

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; chert and gray marl

• Alternating light gray, white, black, and green ish gray opokalike cherts, yellowish gray and light gray siliceous marlstones, gray fine to medium grained sandstones, and light gray siliceous mudstones.

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 165732: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Thanarla veneta Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Holocryptocanium barbui Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus ex gr. spicularius Aliev 1961 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra pseudomacrocephala Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera ? mellifera O'Dogherty 1994 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella spica radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Patellula helios radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella ex gr. messinae Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Praeconocaryomma lipmanae Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
ex gr. Praecono lipmanae
 Spumellaria - Cavaspongiidae
 Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae