Sinjar Fm at Qara Dagh-11 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

Where: Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (35.3° N, 45.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.9° N, 45.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1-24A, 1F, 4F 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 215128: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 31.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Dictyoconus sp.
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Lagena sp.
Lagena sp. Walker and Boys 1784
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Cuvillierina vallensis, Kathina sp., Lockhartia sp., Rotalia trochidiformis
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Assilina sp., Operculina subsalia
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Orbitolites sp.
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dissocladella sp., Cymopolia kurdistanensis
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Jania sp., "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Cordilites sp., Pycnoporidium levantimum
Cordilites sp. Pocta 1887