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Revue de Paleobiologie, vol.30, no.2, pp.591-603, 2011 (Scopus)
The main aim of this study is to describe and figure a miogypsinid taxon Postmiogypsinella n.gen. (type species Postmiogypsinella intermedia n.gen. n.sp.) and its foraminiferal association found in the Upper Chattian limestones of the Karamaǧara and Edilme sections that both range from the Rupelian to Burdigalian. They are located around Akçadaǧ town, Malatya basin, Eastern Turkey. Postmiogypsinella is characterized by the slightly trochospiral-asymetric planispiral chambers of the early rotaloid stage with pillars and funnels as in Miogypsinella Hanzawa and ogival equatorial chambers with the basal stolons and lateral chambers of the late ontogeny as in Miogypsina Sacco. It is neither Miogypsinella nor Miogypsina. The new genus is a transition form between Miogypsinella and Miogypsina. It resembles Miogypsina in its miogypsinid equatorial and lateral chambers on one hand, however, it also has similarities to Miogypsinella in its rotaloid early stage with slightly trochospiral-asymetric planispiral chambers, pillars and funnels. In addition, we introduce the lithology and biostratigraphy of the Karamaǧara and Edilme sections where the new genus was created.