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 | |
Pterospermella | |
Pterospermella sp. Volkova 1979 | |
Prasinophytae | |
Tasmanites sp. Newton 1875 | |
Cyclopsiella sp. Drugg and Loeblich 1967 acritarchs
Cymatiosphaera sp. Wetzel 1933 acritarchs | |
Pinopsida | |
Pinus sp. Linnaeus 1753 pine | |
Dicotyledoneae | |
Myrtaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 myrtle | |
Sapotaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 | |
Ericaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 heather | |
Angiospermae | |
Moraceae indet. Link 1835 mulberry | |
Ulmaceae indet. Brisseau-Mirbel 1815 elm | |
Rosaceae indet. Jussieu 1789 rose | |
Betulaceae indet. Gray 1822 birch | |
Quercus sp. Linnaeus 1753 oak | |
Myricaceae indet. Martinov 1817 | |
Sapindaceae indet. de Jussieu 1789 soapberry | |
Rhus sp. Linnaeus 1753 sumac | |
Trochodendron sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1838 | |
Platanus sp. Linnaeus 1753 plane tree | |
Liquidambar sp. Linnaeus 1753 sweetgum
Hamamelis sp. Gronovius witch-hazel
Fothergilla sp. Murray 1774 witch-hazel
Corylopsis sp. Siebold and Zuccarini 1835 witch-hazel | |
Nyssa sp. Linnaeus 1753 tupelo | |
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae
"Compositae indet." = Asteraceae Berchtold and Presl 1820 daisy | |
Ilex sp. Linnaeus 1753 holly | |
Chenopodiaceae indet. Ventenant 1799 | |
Buxaceae indet. Dumortier 1822 boxwood | |
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae
"Gramineae indet." = Poaceae Barnhart 1895 true grass | |
Magnolia sp. Linnaeus 1753 magnolia | |
Ginkgoopsida | |
Ephedra sp. Linnaeus 1753 jointfir | |
Actinopteri | |
Scomber sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Pentadinium laticinctum Gerlach 1961 | |
Dinophyceae | |
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Tectatodinium sp. Wall 1967 | |
Sumatradinium sp. Lentin and Williams 1976
Selenopemphix sp. Benedek 1972
Erymnodinium sp. Lentin et al. 1994 | |
Tuberculodinium vancampoae Wall 1967 | |
Caligodinium sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Batiacasphaera sp. Drugg 1970 | |
Glaphyrocysta sp. Gerlach 1961 | |
Cleistosphaeridium sp. Davey 1966 | |
Nematosphaeropsis sp., Lingulodinium sp., Operculodinium israelianum, Operculodinium centrocarpum, Impagidinium sp., Achilleodinium sp., Melitasphaeridium sp., Cordosphaeridium sp., Systematophora sp., Thalassiphora sp., Achomosphaera andalousiensis
Nematosphaeropsis sp. Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Lingulodinium sp. Wall 1967
Operculodinium centrocarpum Wall 1967
Impagidinium sp. Stover and Evitt 1978
Achilleodinium sp. Eaton 1976
Melitasphaeridium sp. Harland et al. 1979
Cordosphaeridium sp. Eisenack 1963
Systematophora sp. Klement 1960
Thalassiphora sp. Eisenack and Gocht 1960 | |
Heteraulacacysta campanula Bujak and Matsuoka 1986 | |