Lenticulina pseudosecans (CUSHMAN, 1938)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 35

Lenticulina pseudosecans (CUSHMAN, 1938)

Pl. II, fig. 21

1938. Robulus pseudosecans CUSHMAN , p. 32, pl. 5, fig. 3.

1956. Robulus pseudosecans (CUSHMAN) .- SAID & KENAWY, p. 130, pl. 2, fig. 8.

1985. Lenticulina pseudosecans (CUSHMAN) .- LUGER, p. 83, pl. 5, fig. 2.

Remarks: It is characterized by limbate sutures and presence of a keel.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian by LUGER (1985) and in the Paleocene (Esna Shale) by SAID & KENAWY (1956). It is found in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene of Esh El Mallaha area.