Where: Iraq (30.5° N, 47.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 38.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mauddud Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. S. Al-Sayyab and M. U. Mohmmed. 1991. Middle Cretaceous algal flora from the Mauddud Formation, Ratawi field, south Iraq. Iraqi Journal of Science 32(3) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 148342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Neomeris cretacea Steinmann 1899 | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Boueina sp. Toula 1883 | |
Florideophyceae | |