Avush Gorge, Gnishik Gorizont: Wordian, Azerbaijan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Productida
Marginifera magniplicata (Huang 1932)
16 specimens
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia jisuensiformis Sarycheva 1965
2 specimens
recombined as Echinauriella jisuensiformis
Ogbinia dzhagrensis Sarycheva 1965
22 specimens
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Vediproductus vediensis n. gen., n. sp. Sarycheva 1965
6 specimens
synonym of Vediproductus punctatiformis
(1 measurement)
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Orthothetina vediensis Sokolskaja 1965
1 specimen
Corrected from Orthotetina
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes armenicus Sokolskaja 1965
12 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Uncinunellina timorensis (Beyrich 1865)
1 specimen
    = Uncinunellina theobaldi Waagen 1883
Campi et al. 2005
synonym of Uncinunellina timorensis
Wellerella arthaberi (Tschernyschew 1914)
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Gillediidae
Notothyris nucleolus (Kutorga 1842)
4 specimens
    = Hemiptychina kutorgi Smirnova 2007
Smirnova 2007
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Orthotichia avushensis Sokolskaja 1965
3 specimens
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Septoporidae
Septopora lineata Nikiforova 1933
Morozova 1970 2 specimens
Rhodophyceae - Gymnocodiaceae
Succodium ambiguum Korde 1965
Rhodophyceae
Ungdarella stellata Korde 1965
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Endoina stellata n. sp. Korde 1965
Clavaphysoporella caliciformis
Schwagerinidae
Polydiexodina chekiangensis
Polydiexodina cf. chekiangensis
Pseudofusulina chihsiaensis
var. regularis
Polydiexodina darwasica Dutkevich 1939
recombined as Eopolydiexodina darwasica
includes ssp. sogdiana
Polydiexodina persica Kahler 1933
recombined as Eopolydiexodina persica
Chusenella deprati
Boultoniidae
Dunbarula sp. Ciry 1948
Dunbarula ex gr. mathieui Ciry 1948
Staffellidae
Pisolina subsphaerica
Staffella ? arakeljani Rauser-Chernousova 1965
Sphaerulina crassispira
Sphaerulina ogbinensis Rosovskaya 1965
Nankinella ovata
Nankinella orbicularia Lee 1934
Leella armenica Rosovskaya 1965
Leella ex gr. bellula Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Verbeekinidae
Brevaxina cf. dyhrenfurti
original and current combination Misellina (Brevaxina)
see common names

Geography
Country:Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 45.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.5° South, 41.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Wordian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 4
Key time interval:Wordian
Age range of interval:266.90000 - 264.28000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gnishik
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:open shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:82115
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-07-23 12:32:20 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2008-07-23 12:32:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27321. 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]

Secondary references:

27577 M. J. Campi, G. R. Shi, and M.S. Leman. 2005. Guadalupian (Middle Permian) brachiopods from Sungai Toh, a Leptodus Shale locality in the central belt of peninsular Malaysia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 273(3-6):97-160 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27323 I. P. Morozova. 1970. Mshanki Pozdnei Permi. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 122:1-346 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
27328 T. N. Smirnova. 2007. Permian terebratulids of Eurasia: morphology, systematics, and phylogeny. Paleontological Journal 41(7):707-813 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]