Perekishkyul: Chattian, Azerbaijan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Odontopterygiformes - Pelagornithidae
Caspiodontornis kobystanicus n. gen., n. sp. Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich 1982
Aslanova and Burchak-Abramowich 1982 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Glarichelys gwinneri (Wegner 1917)
Averianov 2002
original and current combination Chelonia gwinneri
Mammalia - Cetacea
Atropatenocetus posteocenicus n. gen., n. sp. Aslanova 1977
Aslanova 1977
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon barbarus n. sp. Mchedlidze and Aslanova 1968
Mchedlidze 1976
Mammalia - Cetacea
Ferecetotherium kelloggi n. gen., n. sp. Mchedlidze 1970
Oligodelphis azerbajdzanicus n. gen., n. sp. Aslanova and Mchedlidze 1976
Mchedlidze 1976
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Iniopsis caucasica n. gen., n. sp. Lydekker 1892
Mchedlidze 1976
Actinopteri - Scombriformes - Scombridae
Thunnus sp. South 1845
Dzhafarova and Aslanova 1974
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius lednevi Bogatshov 1933
Monsch and Bannikov 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 49.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.1° North, 47.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Chattian
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Maikop
Stratigraphy comments: Maikop series?
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:45737
Authorizer:M. Uhen, D. Nicholson Enterer:M. Uhen, D. Nicholson
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-30 07:41:37 Last modified:2011-09-08 12:28:45
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-30 07:41:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12108. G. A. Mchedlidze. 1970. Nekotorye obschie cherty istorii kitoobraznykh. Chast I 1-111 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

12120 S. M. Aslanova. 1977. Noviy rod kitoobraznykh (Atropatenocetus posteocenicus gen. et sp. nov.) iz oligotsena Azerbaydzhana. Doklady 33(7):60-64 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24160 S. M. Aslanova and N. I. Burchak-Abramowich. 1982. The first and unique find of the fossil of Perekishkul toothed bird in the territory of USSR and in the Asiatic continent. Sakartvelos SSR Mecnierebata Akademils Macne. Biologiis Seria 8(6):406-412 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
49973 A. O. Averianov. 2002. Review of Mesozoic and Cenozoic sea turtles from the former USSR. Russian Journal of Herpetology 9(2):137-154 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson]
62248 Z. D. Dzhafarova and S. M. Aslanova. 1974. Remains of the Paleogene Thunnus from the Apsheron Peninsula. Doklady Adkademii nauk Azerbaidzhanoskoi SSR 30(12):44-47 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
17253 I. Koretsky. 2001. Morphology and systematics of Miocene Phocinae (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Paratethys and the North Atlantic region. Geologica Hungarica Series Palaeontologica 54:1-109 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12757 G. A. Mchedlidze. 1964. Fossil Cetacea of the Caucasus 1-145 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12109 G. A. Mchedlidze. 1976. Osnovnye Cherty Paleobiologischeskoi Istorii Kitoobraznykh [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
59519 K. A. Monsch and A. F. Bannikov. 2011. New taxonomic synopses and revision of the scombroid fishes (Scombroidei, Perciformes), including billfishes, from the Cenozoic of territories of the former USSR. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 102(4):253-300 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]