Mount Islamdag, Eastern Slope, Maikop Group, member 10-14 (Miocene of Azerbaijan)

Where: Azerbaijan (40.5° N, 49.5° E: paleocoordinates 41.1° N, 48.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: 10-14 Member, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; brown claystone and marl

• dark chocolate clays ferruginate at the weathered surface, bearing jarosite and gypsum

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 116636: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Parasphyraena sp., Parasphyraena apscheronica
Parasphyraena sp. Switchenska 1968 barracuda
Parasphyraena apscheronica Switchenska 1968 barracuda
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alosa sp., Clupeonella sp., Sardinella karaganica
Alosa sp. Linck 1790 herring
Clupeonella sp. Kessler 1877 sprat
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Mugil karaganicus
Gastropoda
 Pteropoda - Spiratellidae
Spiratella sp.
Spiratella sp. Blainville 1817 snail