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 | |
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Angiospermae | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Angiospermae | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo | |
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Spiniferites bentorii, Distatodinium sp., Caligodinium sp., Hystrichosphaeropsis obscura, Apteodinium sp.
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Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Achilleodinium sp., Thalassiphora sp., Nematosphaeropsis sp., Impagidinium sp., Melitasphaeridium sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Systematophora sp., Cordosphaeridium sp., Lingulodinium sp., Achomosphaera andalousiensis
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966 | |
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Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976 | |
Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986 | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 |