Nodosaria longiscata D’ORBIGNY, 1846

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

Nodosaria longiscata D’ORBIGNY, 1846

Pl. II, fig. 10

1846. Nodosaria longiscata D’ORBIGNY , p. 32, pl. 1, figs-10-12.

1985. Nodosaria longiscata D’ORBIGNY. - LUGER, p. 81, pl. 4, fig. 8.

1987. Nodosaria longiscata D’ORBIGNY. - ANAN, p. 220, pl. 1, fig. 7.

Remarks: It is a long test and elongated chambers with moderate in number.

Stratigraphic distribution: This species is widely recorded in most Tertiary marine faunas (LE ROY, 1953). It is found in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.