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 | |
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs | |
Angiospermae | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
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 | |
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Dinophyceae | |
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966 | |
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Achilleodinium sp., Impagidinium sp., Lingulodinium sp., Achomosphaera andalousiensis, Melitasphaeridium sp., Nematosphaeropsis sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Thalassiphora sp., Systematophora sp., Cordosphaeridium sp.
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963 | |
Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
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Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976 | |
Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Distatodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Apteodinium sp. Eisenack 1958
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986
Caligodinium sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 |