Ratawi-Basrah, depth 2620-2610b (Cretaceous of Iraq)

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

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Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
Neomeris cretacea Steinmann 1899
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Boueina sp. Toula 1883
 Bryopsidales - Codiaceae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae