Praefusulinella rhombiforma Akbaş, n. gen., n. sp.

(Fig. 16 A-C)

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HOLOTYPE. — Specimen no. 18G40.11.

DIAGNOSIS. — A species of Praefusulinella Akbaş, n. gen. with very large and rhomboidal test, straight lateral sides and pointed poles.

ETYMOLOGY. — This new species is named for its rhomboidal test.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Three axial sections (specimens nos 18G40.06, 18G40.10 and 18G40.11).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Gölbelen section of Hadim Nappe (BozkIr/ Konya, Central Taurides, Turkey).

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE. — Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian, upper Moscovian, Podolskian.

OCCURRENCE. — Gölbelen section of the Hadim Nappe (BozkIr/ Konya, Central Taurides, Turkey).

DESCRIPTION

Test very large in size and rhomboidal in shape with straight lateral sides and pointed poles. The test is tightly coiled. All initial volutions are ovoid in shape, but the outermost whorl is rhomboidal in shape. Proloculus globular and relatively large, with an outside diameter of 150-210 microns. The number of volutions is up to 5-6 in advance specimens, and length ranges between 2.93 to 4.13 mm, diameters range between 1.75 to 2.38 mm and form ratios of 1.60 to 1.74. Four-layered wall is moderately thick (0.045 -0.050 mm in the outer volutions), and composed of a tectum, a prominent diaphanotheca and dark-dense lower and upper tectorium (Fig. 16D). Septa folded across the coiling axis. Chomata are massive, symmetrical and subribbon-like in shape and their heights reach to half height of chamber.

REMARKS

Praefusulinella rhombiforma Akbaş, n. gen., n. sp. shows similarity with Fusulinella bocki bocki and Fusulinella bocki timanica, but it easily differs from them by ovoid initial volutions and subribbon-like chomata.