Where: Iraq (30.5° N, 47.7° E: paleocoordinates 5.5° N, 38.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mauddud Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 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: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 148357: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.07.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816 |