Fossils distribution from Garagu Formation (Early Cretaceous), diversity and Paleoennvironmental conditions, Kurdistan Region, North Iraq

Volume 1 , Issue 1 , January 2016 , Pages 139-149

Authors

¹ Department of Geology, School of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq

The most recent studies reformed the occurrence of Garagu Formation, Dohuk area,

Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq. The present paleontological study, in the type

locality, aids the recognition of the formation. Recognizing fourty nine genera and

species of the; Benthonic and Planktonic Foraminifera, Ostracods, Calcareous Algae,

and Coral, with other fossils such as ; Gastropoda shell, Echinodermata spine,

Pelecypoda shell, Spone spicules and Brachiopds shell, which are described and figured.

The stratigraphic distribution and diversity of these fossils assemblages indicate the

Hauterivian-Barremian age of the Garagu Formation. The fossil assemblages in the

Garagu Formation are characteristic for a shallow marine setting with local transitions to

continental facies, shelf lagoonal environment and open platform.

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