Dorothia bulletta CARSEY, 1926

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

Dorothia bulletta CARSEY, 1926

Pl. I, fig. 24

1926. Dorothia bulletta CARSEY , p. 1-56, pl. 1-8.

1937. Dorothia bulletta CARSEY. - CUSHMAN, p. 84, pl. 9, figs. 4-9.

1956. Dorothia bulletta CARSEY. - SAID & KENAWY, p. 127, pl. 1, fig. 52.

Remarks: It is characterized by its subcylindrical shape and inflated chambers.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones but its range may be extended to the Early Eocene as recorded in LE ROY, 1953 and in the present study.