Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 6: Selandian, Iraq
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Amphiroa sp.
Lamoroux 1812
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Florideophyceae
- Hapalidiales
- Lithothamniacae
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Lithothamnium ofmontainvillenes
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| replaced by Lithothamnion | |||||||
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Rhodophyceae
- Solenoporaceae
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Parachaetetes asvapatii
Pia 1936
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Ulvophyceae
- Bryopsidales
- Udoteaceae
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Ovulites sp.
Lamarck 1816
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
- Dasycladaceae
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Parkerella sp.
Morellet and Morellet 1922
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
- Polyphysaceae
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Rostoporella oviformis
Segonzac 1970
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites faosi
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Rotaliidae
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Lockhartia diversa
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Hedbergellidae
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Globanomalina pseudoiota
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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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 1-4A, 1F, 4F |
| 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: | 215048 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
| Modifier: | K. Hassell | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2020-10-29 19:47:57 | Last modified: | 2020-10-30 19:02:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-10-29 19:47:57 |
| 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] |