Bekhme S1 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

Where: Nawshiwan, Iraq (36.7° N, 44.2° E: paleocoordinates 21.0° N, 37.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Sinjar Formation, Danian to Danian (66.0 - 59.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: N. Y. Al-Banna, M. M. Al-Mutwali, and Z. A. Malak. 2012. Paleocene Stratigraphy in Aqra and Bekhme Areas, Northern Iraq. In O. Elitok (ed.), Stratigraphic Analysis of Layered Deposits 227-252 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215966: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 01.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnion ramosissimum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium androsovi" = Lithothamnion, Lithothamnium operculatum
"Lithothamnion ramosissimum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium androsovi" = Lithothamnion
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906