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]
Karabaglyar Formation | |
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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 |
Fossil content
editThe following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1][2]
- Ammonites
- Bivalves
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Karabaglyar Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kotlyar et al., 1993
Bibliography
edit- Kotlyar, G. V.; Y. D. Zakharov; G. S. Koczyrkrevicz; G. S. Kropacheva; K. O. Rostovcev; I. O. Chedija; G. P. Vuks, and E. A. Guseva. 1983. Evolution of the latest Permian biota: Dzhulfian and Dorashamian regional stages in the USSR, 1–200. ..