Sinjar Fm at Wara Mali-17 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (37.2° N, 43.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.7° N, 36.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1A, 2A, 4A zone, Sinjar Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 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 215091: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Pagodaporella wetzeli
Pagodaporella wetzeli Elliott 1956
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Acroporella sp.
Acroporella sp. Praturlon 1964
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia sp.
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia perovalis, Cuvillierina sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Austrotrillinidae
Austrotrillina conica
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sp.
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Amphiroa iraquensis, Jania sp.
Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812