Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 14 (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 215060: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa sp.
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia antillea
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Lockhartia sp., Lockhartia conditi
Lockhartia conditi Nuttall 1926
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp., Quinqueloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Miscellaneidae
Pseudocuvillierina sireli
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp.
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Parkerella sp.
Parkerella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1922