Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 9 (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 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 215055: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes asvapatii
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia ellongata, Dissocladella deserta
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Rostoporella oviformis
Rostoporella oviformis Segonzac 1970
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia antillea
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Lockhartia diversa, Lockhartia sp., Cuvillierina sireli
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824