Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 15 (Paleocene of Iraq)

Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (35.1° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 38.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1-4A, 1F zone, Sinjar Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 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 215061: 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
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa sp., Amphiroa iraquensis
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sp.
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
Globanomalina pseudoiota
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp.
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804