Sinjar Fm at Derbandikhan- 11: Selandian, Iraq
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Discocyclinidae
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Discocyclina sp.
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Rotaliidae
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Lockhartia diversa
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Lituolida
- Lituolidae
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Textularia sp.
Defrance 1824
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Globothalamea
- Rotaliida
- Miscellaneidae
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Pseudocuvillierina sireli
(Inan 1998)
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original and current combination Cuvillierina sireli | |||||||
Florideophyceae
- Corallinales
- Corallinaceae
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Jania sp.
Lamoroux 1812
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
- Dasycladaceae
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Cymopolia ellongata
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Cymopolia kurdistanensis
Elliot 1960
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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 1-4A, 1F |
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: | 215057 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | K. Hassell |
Modifier: | K. Hassell | Research group: | micropaleontology |
Created: | 2020-10-30 15:00:45 | Last modified: | 2020-10-30 19:05:14 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-10-30 15:00:45 |
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] |