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