Fig. 6 Scanning electron micrographs of selected benthic foraminiferal species identified from the İzmit Gulf drilling cores. a. Cassidulina carinata, 206/33 m. b. Cibicidoides lobatulus, 206/37.5 m: b1, spiral view; b2, umbilical view. c. Cribroelphidium gerthi, 208/1 m: c1, side view; c2, apertural edge view. d. Cribroelphidium poeyanum, 207/31 m: d1, side view; d2, apertural edge view. e. Cribroelphidium poeyanum, 208/9 m. f. Cycloforina villafranca, 208/1 m. g. Discorbinella bertheloti, 205/1.5 m: g1, spiral view; g2, umbilical view. h. Elphidium aculeatum, 208/18 m. i. Elphidium crispum, 208/1 m. j. Elphidium crispum, 206/41 m. k. Elphidium macellum, 207/22.75 m. l. Elphidium macellum, 206/41 m. m. Elphidium punctatum, 208/1 m: m1, side view; m2, apertural edge view. n. Elphidium sp. 208/1 m. o. Eponides concameratus, 206/41 m: o1, spiral view; o2, umbilical view.

Published as part of KIRCI-ELMAS, ELMAS, NAZIK, ATIKE, KAPAN, SEVINÇ, MERIÇ, ENGIN, ŞEKER ZOR, EMINE, KALKAN, BESTE, DOGAN, TAMER & GÜNEY, AYŞEGÜL, 2021, Ponto-Caspian And Mediterranean Faunal And Floral Records Of Upper Pleistocene-Holocene Sediments From The İzmit Gulf (Marmara Sea, Turkey), pp. 23-62 in Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 17 (2) on page 31, DOI: 10.35463/j.apr.2021.02.03, http://zenodo.org/record/12583348