Galala (Paleocene of Iraq)
Where: Iraq (36.6° N, 44.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 38.1° 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 138276: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.01.2013
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Taxonomic list
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| Rhodophyceae | |
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Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936
Pycnoporidium levantinum Johnson 1964 | |
| Florideophyceae | |
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Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum Gümbel 1861 | |