SOME NEW OSTRACOD SPECIES OF GENERA SCHNEIDERELLA, SULCOSTOCYTHERE, AND NEOMONOCERATINA, FROM THE FAT'HA FORMATION (MIDDLE MIOCENE) IN THE TAKIA AREA, DARBANDI BAZIAN ANTICLINE, SULAIMANIYAH AREA, KURDISTAN REGION, NORTHEASTERN OF IRAQ.

Five new ostracod species belonging to three genera from the Fat'ha Formation (Middle Miocene) in the Takia area, Darbandi Bazian anticline Sulaymaniyah, Northeastern Iraq. These species are Schneiderella takensis sp.nov., Schneiderella bazensis sp.nov., Sulcostocythere takensis sp.nov., Sulcostocythere bazeansis sp.nov., and Neomonoceratina takensis sp.nov. Those genera are showing affinities with ostracods of Mediterranean and Indopacific Bioprovinces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]