Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (35.1° N, 45.6° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 38.6° E)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Biozone 2A, 1F zone, Sinjar Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
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 215068: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chlorophyceae | |
Mizzia sp. Schubert 1908 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Foraminifera | |
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804
Lockhartia conditi Nuttall 1926 |