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 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Dinophyceae | |
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Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967
Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994 | |
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Lingulodinium sp., Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Systematophora sp., Melitasphaeridium sp., Cordosphaeridium sp., Achilleodinium sp., Nematosphaeropsis sp., Impagidinium sp., Thalassiphora sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
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
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967 | |
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966 | |
Caligodinium sp. Drugg 1970
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986 | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 |