Neosivasella sungurlui, a new genus and species from the Upper Paleocene of southeast Turkey

Meric E., Coruh T.

MICROPALEONTOLOGY, vol.44, no.2, pp.187-194, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.2307/1486070
  • Journal Name: MICROPALEONTOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.187-194
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A new foraminifer genus Neosivasella n. gen. and species N. sungurlui n. sp., showing some similarities to the Sivasella monolateralis Sirel and Gunduz, is here described from the Upper Thanetian rocks of the Southeast Turkey. The genus is included in the family Lepidorbitoididae.