Absheron Peninsula (Pliocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.4° N, 50.1° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 49.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. A. Kirpichnikov. 1951. O delfinakh iz otozhenii apsheronskogo yarusa. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSR 79(6):1021-1024 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 108338: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 28.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
 Cetacea - Phocoenidae
"Phocaena phocaena" = Phocoena phocoena
"Phocaena phocaena" = Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 harbor porpoise