Sirwan-Balambo (Paleocene of Iraq)
Where: Iraq (35.3° N, 45.9° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 38.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• Some localities may of Lower Eocene age
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
• A flora of calcareous red algae is described
• Collection of slides
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: J. H. Johnson. 1964. Paleocene Calcareous Red Algae from Northern Iraq. Micropaleontology 10(2):207-216 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138227: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.01.2013
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Taxonomic list
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Archaeolithothamnium parisiense Gümbel 1871
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum Gümbel 1861
Archaeolithothamnium batalleri Lemoine 1928 | |