Heterolepa libyca (LE ROY, 1953)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 41

Heterolepa libyca (LE ROY, 1953)

Pl. III, fig. 29

1953. Cibicides libycus LE ROY , p. 24, pl. 5, figs. 1-3.

1980. Heterol e pa libyca (LE ROY) .- SAPERSON & JANAL, p. 404, pl. 2, figs. 4.

1996. Heterol e pa libyca (LE ROY) .- ISMAIL, p. 211, fig. 7 (6).

Remarks: This species is distinguished by its large size and the presence of a ventral umbo of clear shell material. Stratigraphic distribution: It was originally described from the Esna Shale (Late Paleocene) of the Maqfi Section by LE ROY (1953). Also, it is recorded in the Early Eocene of North Caucasus by SAPERSON & JANAL (1980). It is found in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.