Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: 3 & 4 Member, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 116622: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Leiosphaeridia | |
Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958 | |
Artemisiocysta cladodichotoma acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Algae | |
Botryococcus sp. Kutzing 1849 | |
Ovoidites sp. Krutzsch 1959 | |
Angiospermae | |
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Pinopsida | |
Prasinophytae | |
Crassosphaera sp. Cookson and Manum 1960 |