Sumgait River, Gobustan, Maikop Group, Aquitanian (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

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
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 Eukaryota -
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs
Pterospermella
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Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979
Ginkgoopsida
 Ephedrales - Ephedraceae
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak
 Fagales - Myricaceae
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817
 Fagales - Betulaceae
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
Carya sp. Nuttall 1818 hickory
Engelhardia sp. Blume 1825
 Rosales - Rosaceae
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm
 Rosids - Moraceae
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry
Dicotyledoneae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather
 Ericales - Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle
Angiospermae
 Magnoliales - Magnoliaceae
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia
 Buxales - Buxaceae
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood
 Caryophyllales - Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799
 Cornales - Nyssaceae
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo
 Asterales - Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy
 Aquifoliales - Aquifoliaceae
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel
 Trochodendrales - Trochodendraceae
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838
 Proteales - Platanaceae
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree
 Poales - Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine
Prasinophytae
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Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875
Actinopteri
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dinophyceae
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 Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961
 Gonyaulacales -
 Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
 Gonyaulacales -
 Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Deflandrea spinulosa
forma majcopica
 Peridiniales -
 Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976
 Peridiniales -
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Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986
 Dinoflagellata -