Sinjar Fm at Qara Dagh-23 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

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 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 215140: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 31.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Jania sp.
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia trochidiformis, Cuvillierina vallensis
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp.
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides ammalensis