Galala: Paleocene, Iraq

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936
Pycnoporidium levantinum Johnson 1964
Florideophyceae - Corallinales
Archaeolithothamnium nummuliticum (Gümbel 1861)
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
see common names

Geography
Country:Iraq County:Galala
Coordinates: 36.6° North, 44.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.4° North, 38.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Paleocene
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Some localities may of Lower Eocene age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Collection of slides
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: A flora of calcareous red algae is described
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:138276
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-01-08 22:24:32 Last modified:2013-01-08 08:49:31
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-04-08 22:24:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
44193. J. H. Johnson. 1964. Paleocene Calcareous Red Algae from Northern Iraq. Micropaleontology 10(2):207-216 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]