Sinjar Fm at Wara Mali-23 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

Where: Kurdistan, Iraq (37.2° N, 43.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.0° N, 43.8° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Biozone 1A, 2A, 4A zone, Sinjar Formation, Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 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 215097: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 30.10.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Cuvillierina sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Acroporella sp.
Acroporella sp. Praturlon 1964
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia kurdistanensis, Parkerella sp., Dissocladella sp.
Parkerella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1922
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion, Jania sp., Amphiroa iraquensis
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Amphiroa iraquensis Johnson 1964
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sp.
Pycnoporidium sp. Yabe and Toyama 1928