Mount Islamdag, Western Slope (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: a1;1-4 Member, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; brown claystone

Size class: macrofossils

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 116637: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Life -
Leiosphaeridia sp. Eisenack 1958
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Angiospermae
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
Oleaceae indet. Hoffmannsegg and Link 1809
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae indet. Brown 1818 witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagaceae indet. Dumortier 1829
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817
Comptonia sp. L'Héritier de Brutelle 1789
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Juglans sp. Linnaeus 1753 walnut
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Corylus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hazel
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
Alnus sp. Miller 1754 alder
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
Ulmus spp. Linnaeus 1753 elm
 Malpighiales - Euphorbiaceae
Tricolporopollenites sp. Thomson and Pflug 1953 spurge
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podocarpus sp. L'Heritier and Persoon 1807 podocarp
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Taxodium sp. Richard 1810 cypress
Glyptostrobus sp. Endlicher 1847 Chinese swamp cypress
Sequoia sp. Endlicher 1847 coast redwood
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Sciadopityaceae
Sciadopitys sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1842
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Tsuga sp. Carrière 1855
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Polypodiopsida
  - Polypodiaceae
Polypodiaceae sp. Presl and Presl 1822
Prasinophytae
  -
Crassosphaera sp. Cookson and Manum 1960
Pterospermella
  -
 Life -
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Dinophyceae
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Deflandrea spinulosa
forma majcopica
 Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae
Palaeocystodinium sp. Alberti 1961
 Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae
Lejeunecysta sp. Artzner and Dörhöfer 1978
Phelodinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
  -
 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961
 Gonyaulacales -
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970
Dapsilidinium sp. Bujak 1980
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
cf. Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Hystrichokolpoma sp. Klumpp 1953
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Cribroperidinium sp. Neale and Sarjeant 1962
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
 Gonyaulacales -
 Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae
Homotryblium sp. Davey and Williams 1966
 Dinoflagellata -
Pentadinium sp. Gerlach 1961
Pentadinium spp. Gerlach 1961