Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 8 (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 215050: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 29.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Jania sp.
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Dictyokathina simplex, Rotalia trochidiformis, Cuvillierina sireli
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Globanomalina pseudoiota
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Acroporella sp.
Acroporella sp. Praturlon 1964
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Pagodaporella wetzeli
Pagodaporella wetzeli Elliott 1956