Nodosaria affinis REUSS, 1861

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 affinis REUSS, 1861

Pl. II, fig. 7

1861. Nodosaria affinis REUSS , p. 301.

1946. Nodosaria affinis REUSS. - CUSHMAN, p. 70, pl. 25, figs. 8-23.

1952. Nodosaria affinis REUSS. - NAKKADY, p. 420, pl. 6, fig. 9.

1956. Nodosaria affinis REUSS. - SAID & KENAWY, p. 133, pl. 2, fig. 30.

Remarks: It is characterized by an elongate test with a short spine on the initial end and longitudinal costae which extend non-interruptedly across sutures.

Stratigraphic distribution: This species is widely recorded in the Cretaceous and Lower Eocene deposits of Europe and America (LE ROY, 1953). In Egypt, it seems to have a wide range when all records of its occurrence are taken into consideration (SAID & KENAWY, 1956). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of Esh El Mallaha area.