Nodosaria paupercula REUSS, 1845

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 33-34

Nodosaria paupercula REUSS, 1845

Pl. II, fig. 11

1845. Nodosaria paupercula REUSS , p. 26, pl. 12, fig. 12.

1946. Nodosaria paupercula REUSS. - CUSHMAN, p. 75, pl. 27, figs. 14, 15.

1956. Nodosaria paupercula REUSS. - SAID & KENAWY, p. 133, pl. 2, fig. 33.

Remarks: It is distinguished by having elongate chambers and ten well developed costae that extend across the sutures.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Esna Shale by LE ROY (1953) and SAID & KENAWY (1956). It is found in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.