Shiranish village, Kolosh Fm (Paleocene of Iraq)

Where: Iraq (37.2° N, 42.8° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° N, 36.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kolosh Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; gray, green shale and mudstone

• marginal marine to shallow marine
• green-gray shale and mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser, I. Hosgor, and J.-M. Pacaud. 2013. Thanetian gastropods from the Mesopotamian high folded zone in northern Iraq. Palaeontologische Zeitung 87(2):179-199 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 151895: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.10.2013

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae