DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW FAMILIES, THREE NEW SPECIES AND RE-DESCRIPTION OF FOUR KNOWN GENERA AND ONE SUBFAMILY FROM THE LARGER BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA OF PALEOCENE IN TURKEY

TÜRKİYE PALEOSEN’ İNDE BULUNAN BENTİK FORAMİNİFERLERDEN İKİ YENİ AİLENİN, ÜÇ YENİ TÜRÜN TANIMI VE BİLİNEN DÖRT CİNSİN, BİR ALT AİLENİN YENİDEN TANIMLARI

Authors

Ercüment SİREL

Keywords

Foraminifera, taxonomy, Paleocene, Turkey

Abstract

Two new foraminiferal families are introduced as follows: the Anatoliellidae (type
genus Anatoliella Sirel) in the superfamily Ataxophragmiacea Schwager and the family
Bolkarinidae (type genus Bolkarina Sirel) in the superfamily Orbitoidacea Schwager. Three
new species of Paleocene are described and figured as follows: Ranikothalia polatliensis,
Nurdanella paleocenica, Periloculina yilmazi. In addition, four known Paleocene genera
such as Bolkarina Sirel, Globoflarina Rahaghi, Nurdanella Özgen and Coskinon Hottinger
and Drobne and subfamily Globoflarininae are redescribed.

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