Where: Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (35.3° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 20.6° N, 38.4° E)
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When: Biozone 1-24A, 1F, 4F zone, Sinjar Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 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 215135: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 31.10.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Lithoporella melobesioides Foslie 1909 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dissocladella sp. Pia 1936 | |
Foraminifera | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824 | |
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804 |