Gaudryina elegantissima SAID & KENAWY, 1956

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 29

Gaudryina elegantissima SAID & KENAWY, 1956

Pl. I, fig. 14

1956. Gaudryina elegantissima SAID & KENAWY , p. 123, pl. 1, fig. 21.

Remarks: It is characterized by an elongate test. The earlier portion of the test is triserial and becoming biserial early in the development. The chambers are very gradually increasing in size as added.

Stratigraphic distribution: It was originally identified in the Late Cretaceous of Sinai by SAID & KENAWY (1956). In the study area, it is recorded in the Maastricthian zones ( Globotruncana aegyptiaca and Gansserina gansseri ) and in the Paleocene zones ( Morozovella trinidadensis and Morozovella velascoensis ).