Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 7 (Paleocene of Iraq)

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

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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 215049: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 29.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Orbitolites sp.
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides ammalensis
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Asterocyclinidae
Pseudophragmina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Dictyokathina simplex
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp., Cribrogoesella sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Cribrogoesella sp. Cushman 1935
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Ovulites sp.
Ovulites sp. Lamarck 1816
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Acroporella sp.
Acroporella sp. Praturlon 1964