one section of the tarbur formation (462 m thickness) located about 5 km southwest of semirom was studied. it consists of carbonate and terrigenous rocks and contains abundant large benthic foraminifera assigned to the late maastrichtian. in the upper maastrichtian, loftusia is very abundant in carbonate sequence of the middle east tethyan realm. loftusia is an important genus for palaeontologi...

the larger benthic foraminifera gyroconulina columellifera schroeder & darmoian, 1977 (type-locality: maastrichtian aqra formation of iraq) is described for the first time from two sections of the maastrichtian tarbur formation of the zagros fold-thrust-belt, sw iran. new details on its wall microstructure are provided. the microfacies is represented by bioclastic wacke-/pack-/grainstones with ...

The larger benthic foraminifera Gyroconulina columellifera Schroeder & Darmoian, 1977 (type-locality: Maastrichtian Aqra Formation of Iraq) is described for the first time from two sections of the Maastrichtian Tarbur Formation of the Zagros Fold-Thrust-Belt, SW Iran. New details on its wall microstructure are provided. The microfacies is represented by bioclastic wacke-/pack-/grainstones with ...