Aqra Limestone, Iraq (Cretaceous of Iraq)
Where: Iraq (36.8° N, 43.9° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 37.6° E)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aqra Limestone Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: carbonate and dolomite
Primary reference: R. K. Hanna. 1995. Some macrofossils fromteh Aqra Limestone Formation (Maastrichtian), Aqra, northern Iraq. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie-Monatshefte 1995(5):295-304 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 3884: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.08.1999
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Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Requienia sp. Matheron 1842 rudist | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Echinoidea | |
Parapygus sp. sea urchin | |
Gitolampas sp. sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral originally entered as "Isastrea sp."
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