Karabaglyar Formation
| Karabaglyar Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Changhsingian-Induan ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Claystone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 39°30′N 45°24′E / 39.5°N 45.4°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 0°18′S 38°48′E / 0.3°S 38.8°E |
| Region | Transcaucasia |
| Country | Armenia Azerbaijan |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Karabaglyar |
  Karabaglyar Formation (Caucasus Mountains) | |
The Karabaglyar Formation is a geologic formation in Armenia and Azerbaijan. It preserves fossils dated to the Changhsingian age of the Permian period and the Induan age of the Triassic period, straddling the Permian-Triassic boundary.[1]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][2]
- Ammonites
- Eumorphotis venetiana
- Meekophiceras dubium
- Ophiceras (Lytophiceras) medium
- Eumorphotis sp.
- Gyronites sp.
- Koninckites sp.
- Kymatites sp.
- Lytophiceras sp.
- Ophiceras sp.
- Bivalves
See also
References
- ^ a b Karabaglyar Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kotlyar et al., 1993
Bibliography
- Kotlyar, G. V.; Zakharov, Y. D.; Koczyrkrevicz, G. S.; Kropacheva, G. S.; Rostovcev, K. O.; Chedija, I. O.; Vuks, G. P.; Guseva, E. A. (1983), Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Dzhulfian and Dorashamian regional stages in the USSR, ., pp. 1–200