Aqra Limestone, Iraq (Cretaceous of Iraq)

Where: Iraq (36.8° N, 43.9° E: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 37.6° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aqra Limestone Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate and dolomite

Primary reference: R. K. Hanna. 1995. Some macrofossils fromteh Aqra Limestone Formation (Maastrichtian), Aqra, northern Iraq. Neues Jahrbuch fuer Geologie und Palaeontologie-Monatshefte 1995(5):295-304 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3884: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 11.08.1999

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea
"Isastraea sp." = Isastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
originally entered as "Isastrea sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Sellithyrididae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Requienia sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
Echinoidea
 Cassiduloida -
Gitolampas sp. sea urchin
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Parapygus sp. sea urchin