Sumgait River, Gobustan, member 11 Burdigalian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.0° N, 48.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 11 Member, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Sphenolithus heteromorphus Zone (NN5).

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown claystone and marl

• dark chocolate clays ferruginate at the weathered surface, bearing jarosite and gypsum

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 116629: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Chenopodiacea indet.
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer sp.
Acer sp. Linnaeus 1753 maple
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp.
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Malvales - Tiliaceae
Tilia sp.
Tilia sp. Linnaeus 1753 linden
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet., Engelhardia sp., Carya sp.
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricaceae indet.
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagaceae indet.
Fagaceae indet. Dumortier 1829
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betulaceae indet., Betula sp., Carpinus sp.
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch
Betula sp. Linnaeus 1753 birch
Carpinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 hornbeam
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae indet.
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp.
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet.
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp.
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Asterales - Asteraceae
Artemisia sp.
Artemisia sp. Linnaeus 1753 daisy
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Liquidambar sp.
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp.
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet.
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinaceae indet., Picea sp., Pinus sp., Cedrus sp.
Pinaceae indet. Rudolphi 1830
Picea sp. Dietrich 1824 spruce
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Cedrus sp. Trew 1757 cedar
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp.
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Pontosphaera multipora, Coccolithus pelagicus, Braarudosphaera bigelowi
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
 Syracosphaerales - Rhabdosphaeraceae
Rhabdosphaera sicca, Rhabdosphaera procera
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Sphenolithus heteromorphus, Sphenolithus moriformis, Sphenolithus abies, Cyclicargolithus floridanus
Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960
Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954
Cyclicargolithus floridanus Roth and Hay 1967
Reticulofenestra
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Reticulofenestra speudoumbilica
Helicosphaera
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Helicosphaera waltrans, Helicosphaera sp., Helicosphaera ampliaperta
Helicosphaera sp. Kamptner 1954
Helicosphaera carteri
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Helicosphaera carteri
Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877
Dinophyceae
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
cf. Lingulodinium sp.
 Gonyaulacales -
Batiacasphaera sp.
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970
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Spiniferites sp.
Spiniferites sp. Mantell 1850
 Thoracosphaerales -
Thoracosphaera heimi
Plicapollis
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Plicapollis sp.
Plicapollis sp. Pflug 1953