There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences

Youngest Fossil Listed

56.0 Ma (Paleocene)

Oldest Fossil Listed

66.0 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)

Fossils from Region

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Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Archaeolithothamnium perplexum species	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Sporolithaceae : Archaeolithothamnion : *Archaeolithothamnium perplexum*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene
Amphiroa iraquensis species	Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Amphiroa : *Amphiroa iraquensis*	66 - 56 Ma Paleocene

Fossil Localities

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Paleocene🐚 Ghilizarda
Paleocene🐚 Suleimania

Other Databases

Wikipedia:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaymaniyah_District
Wikidata ID:	Q7636054
GeoNames ID:	98464

Other Regions, Features and Areas that Intersect

Arabian Plate

Zagros Foldbelt basinBasin

Asia

Zagros MountainsMountain Range

Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate

Indian Plate (India Plate)

Zagros OrogenAccretionary Complex

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Regional Level Types
Sulaymaniyah District District
Sulaymaniyah Governorate Province
Iraq Country