Margirnulina wetherellii

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

Margirnulina wetherellii intercostata NAKKADY, 1950

Pl. II, fig. 28

1950. Marginulina wetherellii intercostata NAKKADY , p. 684, pl. 89, fig. 12.

Remarks: The chamber walls between sutures are ornamented with more or less fine parallel ridges.

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