Qazan (Paleocene to of Iraq)
Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (35.5° N, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° N, 38.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Sinjar Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; gray limestone
• limestones occur as layers between (0.1 – 1) m thick and banks of several meters when corals and algae are present, forming boundstone facies, light grey and grey in color. The total thickness of the formation in the section is about 135 m
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: H. D. Salih and Y. K. Abdullah. 2009. Microfossils and carbonate microfacies of Sinjar Formation, west of Sulaimaniyah city, Kurdistan region, NE Iraq. Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining 5(2):13-28 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 215753: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 19.11.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
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Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964 | |
| Rhodophyceae | |
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Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906 | |
| Chlorophyceae | |
| Globothalamea | |
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Saudia labyrinthica Grimsdale 1952 | |
| Foraminifera | |
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Biloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
| Tubothalamea | |