Marginulina wetherellii longiscata NAKKADY, 1950

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 36

Marginulina wetherellii longiscata NAKKADY, 1950

Pl. II, fig. 29

1950. Marginulina wetherellii longiscata NAKKADY , p. 684, pl. 89, fig. 13.

Remarks: This species differs from the previous one by having higher elongated ridges but they are interrupted at the sutures which are not raised or tuberculated.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Esna Shale of Wadi Mellaha and Luxor areas by NAKKADY (1950). It is found in the top part of the Esna Shale ( Morozovella velascoensis Zone and Morozovella subbotinae Zone ) of the Esh El Mallaha area.