These are the faunal counts (as number of valves) present in samples from Core GS20, central Caspian Sea (Appendix A) and Core GS05, south Caspian Sea (Appendix B). Age range from late glacial to late Holocene. Associated with publication by Boomer et al. (in prep) 'Late glacial and Holocene deep-water environments of the central and south Caspian Sea', Quaternary Science Reviews.