Zawali mtn Z13 (Paleocene to of Iraq)

Where: Sulaimani, Iraq (35.1° N, 45.8° E: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 39.0° E)

When: Khurmala Formation, Thanetian to Thanetian (59.2 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; yellow limestone

• Well bedded gray to light yellow fossiliferous limestone, it contains pelecypods and gastropods (Fig. 9), milliolids, red algae with a bed of conglomerate (20 cm) at the top.

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: K. H. Karim, H. S. Daoud, and A. R. H. Kuradawy. 2018. Record of Khurmala Formation (late Paleocene-early Eocene) in the Sulaimaniah governorate, Kurdistan region, northwest Iraq. Iraqi geological Journal 51(1):34-55 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215751: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 19.11.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Hamulusella sp., Cymopolia sp., Cymopolia ellongata
Hamulusella sp. Elliot 1978
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp.
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Sphaerogypsina sp.
Sphaerogypsina sp. Galloway 1933
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Nummulites sp.
Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Lockhartia sp.
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Biloculina sp.
Biloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Orbitolites sp.