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

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.