Perekishkyul' (PIN collection 2624) (Oligocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Apsheron, Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.6° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 47.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Maikop Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• There are marine rocks at Perekischkul' but it is not stated whether the insects come from that environment. South Caspian basin.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Reposited in the PIN

Primary reference: A. V. Alexeev. 1996. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic of CIS. Paleontological Journal 30:559-565 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 125798: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.03.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Phaenops perekischkulensis n. sp.
Phaenops perekischkulensis n. sp. Alexeev 1996 jewel beetle
PIN 2624/4