Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 6 (Paleocene of Iraq)

Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (35.1° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 20.1° N, 38.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1-4A, 1F, 4F zone, Sinjar Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• Sinjar Formation consists of limestone, showing elements of algal reef facies, a lagoonal miliolid facies and nummulitic shoal facies and usually recrystallized

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Geology Department, University of Baghdad

Primary reference: E. K. Al-Dulaimi and S. I. Al-Dulaimi. 2017. A study of biostratigraphy of Sinjar Formation in selected sections from northern Iraq. Iraqi Journal of Science 58(2B):891-916 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215048: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 29.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Rostoporella oviformis
Rostoporella oviformis Segonzac 1970
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Parkerella sp.
Parkerella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1922
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp.
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites faosi
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Lockhartia diversa
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Globanomalina pseudoiota
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium ofmontainvillenes" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium ofmontainvillenes" = Lithothamnion
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa sp.
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes asvapatii