1. Abawi TS, Hammoudi RA (1997) Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of the Kometan and Gulneri Formations (Upper Cretaceous) in Kirkuk area, north of Iraq. Iraq Geol J 30:139–146
2. Abawi TS, Abdel-Kireem MR, Yousef JM (1982) Planktonic foraminiferal stratigraphy of Shiranish Formation, Sulaimaniah-Dokan region, northeastern Iraq. Rev Esp Micropaleontol 14:153–164
3. Abdel-Kireem MR (1986) Contribution to the stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous and the Lower Tertiary of the Sulaimaniah-Dokan region, northeastern Iraq. Neues Jahrb Geol Palaontol Abh 172:121–139
4. Abdel-Kireem MR, Samir AM, Ibrahim MIA (1995) Upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminiferal zonation and correlation in the northern part of Western Desert, Egypt. Neues Jahrb Geol Palaontol Abh 198:329–361
5. Al-Badrani OA (2012) Nannobiostratigraphy of the Lower part of Shiranish Formation, Sinjar Anticline, NW Iraq. Iraqi Natl J Earth Sci 12:1–16