SİVASELLA GOEKCENİ, A NEW FORAMINIFER SPECIES OF MAASTRICHTIAN OF SOUTHWEST MALATYA (SE TÜRKİYE)

-A new species called Sivasella, Sivasella goekceni, is described from sediments within the Maastrichtian levels of inekpman limestone overlying the Malatya (SE Türkiye). This new species can readily be distinguished from Sivasella monolateralis Sirel and Gündüz, 1978 by its thicker, longer test and much thinner filling material in the upper part of test.
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