Upper reaches of Vəlvəleçay river (Cretaceous to of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (41.1° N, 48.6° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 50.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

• Resedimented Aptian-Albian fossils in Santonian sediments.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. A. Aliev. 1958. On records of re-deposited Lower Cretaceous fauna on northern slope of the south-east Caucasus. Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijani SSR, Series of Geological-Geographical Sciences 6:63-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209384: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Pseudohaploceras cf. matheroni
Pseudohaploceras cf. matheroni d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
var. caucasica
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
"Protetragonites strangulatus" = Hemitetragonites strangulatus
"Protetragonites strangulatus" = Hemitetragonites strangulatus d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Deshayesitidae
Deshayesites cf. dechyi, Deshayesites cf. deshayesi
Deshayesites cf. deshayesi d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Anisoceratidae
"Ancyloceras cf. blancheti" = Protanisoceras blancheti
"Ancyloceras cf. blancheti" = Protanisoceras blancheti Pictet and Campiche 1861 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Douvilleiceratidae
"Epicheloniceras cf. tschernyschowi" = Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) tschernyschewi
"Epicheloniceras cf. tschernyschowi" = Cheloniceras (Epicheloniceras) tschernyschewi Sinzow 1906 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Ancyloceratidae
Ancyloceras cf. furcatum
Ancyloceras cf. furcatum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Hemihoplitidae
Matheronites ridzewskyi
Matheronites ridzewskyi Karakash 1897 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phyllopachyceras baborense
Phyllopachyceras baborense Coquand 1880 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula cf. pectinata
Nucula cf. pectinata Sowerby 1818 nut clam
var. tenuicostata
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer cf. lineatus
Septifer cf. lineatus Sowerby 1836 mussel
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima cottaldina
Lima cottaldina d'Orbigny 1847 file clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea eichwaldi, Cucullaea glabra
Cucullaea eichwaldi Karakash 1897 clam
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia aptiensis
Barbatia aptiensis Pictet and Campiche 1866 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia cf. spinosa" = Oistotrigonia spinosa
"Trigonia cf. spinosa" = Oistotrigonia spinosa Parkinson 1811 clam
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
Thetironia minor
Thetironia minor Sowerby 1826 clam
var. transversa
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte cf. obovata
Astarte cf. obovata Sowerby 1822 clam