Araxes River canyon, bed 8 (Permian of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (39.0° N, 45.5° E: paleocoordinates 3.1° S, 40.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Julfa Formation, Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• Reticularian horizon - 10 m thick.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.A. Stoyanow in 1908

• Repository: not stated

Primary reference: A. A. Stoyanow. 1910. On the character of the boundary of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic near Djulfa. Zapiski Imperatorskago St. Peterburgskago Mineralogicheskago Obshchestva, Vtoraya Seriya 47:61-135 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132466: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
"Gastrioceras abichianum" = Pseudogastrioceras abichianum
"Gastrioceras abichianum" = Pseudogastrioceras abichianum von Moeller 1879 ammonite
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
""Reticularia" indica" = Permophricodothyris indica, ""Reticularia" waageni" = Permophricodothyris waageni, ""Reticularia" pulcherrima" = Squamularia pulcherrima
""Reticularia" indica" = Permophricodothyris indica Waagen 1883
""Reticularia" waageni" = Permophricodothyris waageni Loczy 1899
""Reticularia" pulcherrima" = Squamularia pulcherrima Gemmellaro 1899
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
"Spirigera protea" = Araxathyris protea
"Spirigera protea" = Araxathyris protea Abich 1878