Ramulina navarroana CUSHMAN, 1946

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 37

Ramulina navarroana CUSHMAN, 1946

Pl. III, fig. 4

1946. Ramulina navarroana CUSHMAN , p. 99, pl. 43, figs. l, 2. 1956. Ramulina navarroana CUSHMAN. - SAID & KENAWY, p.

138, pl. 3, fig. 23.

Remarks: It is distinguished by a central, more or less globular body from which radiate comparatively large, stout tubular projections. The wall of the central portion is smooth while the arms are finely spinose.

Stratigraphic distribution: This species was originally described from the Corsicana Marl of the Navarro Group (Late Cretaceous), Limestone County, Texas. Also, it is recorded in the Esna Shale by LE ROY (1953). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene of the Esh El Mallaha area.