Baisal Mountain, West Slope, Gnishik Formation (Permian of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (39.6° N, 45.1° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 41.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gnishik Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: V. E. Ruzhentsev and T. G. Sarycheva. 1965. The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:1-431 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 82257: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.07.2008

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Taxonomic list

Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Araxoporidae
Araxopora araxensis Nikiforova 1933
 Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora lineata Nikiforova 1933
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
Polypora tubulosa Nikiforova 1933
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Neophricadothyris indica" = Permophricodothyris indica
"Neophricadothyris indica" = Permophricodothyris indica Waagen 1883
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina iljinae Sokolskaja 1965
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes armenicus Sokolskaja 1965
 Productida -
 Productida - Productellidae
Ogbinia dzhagrensis Sarycheva 1965
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Chonostegoides armenicus Sarycheva 1965
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
"Ufimia alternata" = Praetachylasma alternatum
"Ufimia alternata" = Praetachylasma alternatum Huang 1932 horn coral
 Stauriida - Kepingophyllidae
"Wentzelella szechuanensis" = Szechuanophyllum szechuanense
"Wentzelella szechuanensis" = Szechuanophyllum szechuanense Huang 1932 horn coral
 Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae
"Wentzelella subtimorica" = Ipciphyllum subtimoricum, "Wentzelella flexuosa" = Ipciphyllum flexuosum, "Wentzelella elegans" = Ipciphyllum elegans, Wentzelella armenica, "Wentzelella densicolumnata" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) densicolumnata
"Wentzelella subtimorica" = Ipciphyllum subtimoricum Huang 1932 horn coral
"Wentzelella flexuosa" = Ipciphyllum flexuosum Huang 1932 horn coral
"Wentzelella elegans" = Ipciphyllum elegans Huang 1932 horn coral
"Wentzelella densicolumnata" = Wentzelella (Wentzelella) densicolumnata Iljina 1965 horn coral
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Ufimia elongata Grabau 1922 horn coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia vesiculosa Tchudinova 1965 tabulate coral
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Dasycladales - Seletonellaceae
Rhodophyceae
 Florideae -
Ungdarella stellata n. sp. Korde 1965
  - Gymnocodiaceae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Verbeekinidae
Verbeekina verbeeki Geinitz and Marek 1876
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Reichelina sp. Erk 1941
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
Dunbarula sp. Ciry 1948