LOFTUSIA-TURCICA MERIC AND AVSAR N-SP FROM THE MAASTRICHTIAN OF EASTERN TURKEY (SOUTHEAST ELAZIG)

Abstract

A new foraminiferal species of Loftusia, Loftusia turcica which is thin, long, fusiform shaped, with sharp-pointed poles and alveolar structure, is described and figured. It is found in shale and argillaceous sandstone of the Middle-Upper Maastrichtian over the Yuksekova complex near the village of Seyhkatil, southeast of Elazig, Eastern Anatolia (Turkey).