Larger Foraminifera (Alveolinidae, Soritidae and Nummulitidae) from the Former Qulqula Conglomerate Formation, Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq

الفورامنيفيرا الكييرة الكبيرة (الفيولينيدى، سورتيدي و نيوميو ليتيدي) ضمن تكوين قلقلة المدملكاتي السابق، اقليم كردستان، شمال شرق العراق

The most recent studies reformed the occurrence of Qulqula ConglomerateFormation where they combined with Red Bed Series. The present palaeontologicalstudy, in the type locality, aids the recognition of the formation. Twenty species from the three families of Alveolinidae, Soritidae and Nummulitidae are described and figured from the former Qulqula Conglomerate Formation (present Red Bed Series) in Kurdistan Region, Northeastern Iraq. These assemblages indicate the age of the source area as Late Paleocene _ Middle Eocene age. The vertical and lateral distributions of the assemblages are discussed. The pebbles and boulders that bearing the recognized assemblages are derived by erosion from the source area (affiliated to Walash _ Naoperdan Group) and deposited during later ages (younger ages) that more likely they deposited during Late Eocene age