Dorothia oxycona (REUSS, 1860)

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

Dorothia oxycona (REUSS, 1860)

Pl. I, fig. 25

1860. Gaudryina oxycona REUSS , p. 229, pl. 12, fig. 3.

1964. Dorothia oxycona (REUSS) .- LOEBLICH & TAPPAN, p. 275, fig. 4, 5.

1968. Dorothia oxycona (REUSS) .- SLITER, p. 50, pl. 3, fig. 13.

Remarks: It differs from D. bulletta in being a conical shape and larger size.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and Paleocene zones of the Esh El Mallaha area.