Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 2: Selandian, Iraq

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Qunquloculina sp.
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnium ofmantainvillenes
replaced by Lithothamnion
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinaceae
Amphiroa sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes asvapatii Pia 1936
Rotaliidae
Rotalia perovalis
Lockhartia conditti
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
see common names

Geography
Country:Iraq State/province:Kurdistan County:Derbandikhan
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 45.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.1° North, 38.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Selandian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Selandian Zone: Biozone 1A
Age range of interval:61.60000 - 59.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sinjar
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: Sinjar Formation consists of limestone, showing elements of algal reef facies, a lagoonal miliolid facies and nummulitic shoal facies and usually recrystallized
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Geology Department, University of Baghdad
Metadata
Database number:215044
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:K. Hassell
Modifier:K. Hassell Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2020-10-29 19:17:09 Last modified:2020-10-30 19:01:14
Access level:the public Released:2020-10-29 19:17:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
74174. 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]