Four New Species from the Late Campanian- Early Maastrichtian Ostracods of the Bekhme Formation, Dohuk Area, Northern Iraq

Four new Ostracods species are newly described from the Late Campanian - Early Maastrichtian age in the Bekhme Formation from the Badi section in the Dohuk area. They are Cytherella badiensis sp. Nov, Uroleberis bakhmaensis sp. Nov, Xestoleberis globularis sp. nov and Loxoconcha quadratus sp. nov. The current study identified and classified 16 ostracod species belonging to 12 genera according to the standard systematics of ostracods. These species are very similar in terms of geological age and external appearance to the same species that previously recorded in the Arabian Gulf region and North Africa.