Sumgait River, Gobustan, Maikop Group, Aquitanian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: a2; 5 Member, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown claystone and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: S. V. Popov, E. K. Sychevskaya, M. A. Akhmet'ev, N. I. Zaporohets, and L. A. Golovina. 2008. Stratigraphy of the Maikop Group and Pteropoda Beds in Northern Azerbaijan. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 16(6):664-677 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 116623: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Prasinophytae
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Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875
Pterospermella
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Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979
 Life -
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Deflandrea spinulosa
forma majcopica
 Peridiniales -
 Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994
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 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961
 Gonyaulacales -
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
 Gonyaulacales -
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 Dinoflagellata -