Marginulinopsis silicula (PLUMMER, 1931)

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 35

Marginulinopsis silicula (PLUMMER, 1931)

Pl. II, fig. 23

1931. Hemicristellaria silicula PLUMMER , p. 148, pl. 10, figs. 8, 9.

1946. Marginulina silicula (PLUMMER) .- CUSHMAN, p. 62, pl. 21, figs. 42-45.

1985. Marginulinopsis silicula (PLUMMER) .- LUGER, p. 83, pl. 5, fig. 5.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Paleocene of North America by CUSHMAN (1927) and in the Paleocene of Gebel Nekhl in Sinai by SAID & KENAWY (1956). It is recorded in the Esna Shale of the Esh El Mallaha area ( Morozovella velascoensis Zone and Morozovella subbotinae Zone ).