Sinjar Fm at Qara Dagh-47 (Eocene of Iraq)

Where: Sulaymaniyah, Iraq (35.3° N, 45.4° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 38.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1A,1F, 2F zone, Sinjar Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• Sinjar Formation consists of limestone, showing elements of algal reef facies, a lagoonal miliolid facies and nummulitic shoal facies and usually recrystallized

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: Geology Department, University of Baghdad

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215164: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 31.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium sp., Distichoplax biserialis
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes asvapatii
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina merienda
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina globulus
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Miscellanea miscella
Miscellanea miscella d'Archiac and Haime 1853