Dentalina gracilis (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 : 31-32

Dentalina gracilis (D’ORBIGNY, 1840)

Pl. I, fig. 29

1840. Nodosaria (Dentalina) gracilis D’ORBIGNY , p. 14, pl. 1, fig. 5.

1946. Dentalina gracilis (D’ORBIGNY) .- CUSHMAN, p. 65, pl. 23, figs. 3-6.

1956. Dentalina gracilis (D’ORBIGNY) .- SAID & KENAWY, p. 133, pl. 2, fig. 25.

Remarks: It is characterized by chambers increasing gradually in length as added.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Upper Cretaceous of the Gulf Coast area in North America (CUSHMAN,1946) and in Sinai (SAID & KENAWY, 1956). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.