Neoflabellina rugosa (D’ORBIGNY, 1840)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 36

Neoflabellina rugosa (D’ORBIGNY, 1840)

Pl. II, fig. 31

1840. Flabellina rugosa D’ORBIGNY , p. 23, pl. 2, figs. 4, 5, 7.

1956. Neoflabellina rugosa (D’ORBIGNY) .- SAID & KENAWY, p. 135, pl. 2, fig. 43.

1985. Neoflabellina rugosa (D’ORBIGNY) .- LUGER, p. 85, p1. 6, figs. 8, 9.

Remarks: It has a wide, coiled chambers and high rugosity test.

Stratigraphic distribution: It was originally described from the Late Cretaceous of the Paris Basin by D’ORBIGNY (1840). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian by SAID & KENAWY (1956) and LUGER (1985). It is found in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene of the Esh El Mallaha area.