Mount Kelevudag, Kemchi Fm, Member 6, lower part (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 165731: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 27.01.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Globotruncana linneiana
Globotruncana linneiana d'Orbigny 1839
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Stensioeina praeexsculpta