Lenticulina midwayensis (PLUMMER, 1927)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 34-35

Lenticulina midwayensis (PLUMMER, 1927)

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1927. Cristellaria midwayensis PLUMMER , p. 95, pl. 13, fig. 5.

1959. Robulus midwayensis (PLUMMER) .- NAKKADY, p. 458, pl. 1, fig. 7.

1976. Lenticulina midwayensis (PLUMMER) .- AUBERT & BERGGREN, p. 414, pl. 2, fig. 16

Remarks: The test is strongly convex with rather large area of clear shell material in the umbilical region. The sutures are distinct.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Eocene beds and the Esna Shale (LE ROY, 1953). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.