Frondicularia archiaciana D’ORBIGNY, 1840

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 32

Frondicularia archiaciana D’ORBIGNY, 1840

Pl. I, fig. 32

1840. Frondicularia archiaciana D’ORBIGNY. - D’ORBIGNY, p. 20, pl. 1, figs. 34-36.

1946. Frondicularia archiaciana D’ORBIGNY. - CUSHMAN, p. 91, pl. 37, figs.8-20.

1985. Frondicularia archiaciana D’ORBIGNY. - LUGER, p. 79, pl. 4, fig. 1.

Remarks: It is characterized by elongate test, gently tapering and greatest breadth toward the apertural end.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Taylor age and Navarro age by C USHMAN (1946) in America. It is also recorded in the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene by LUGER (1985) in Southwestern Egypt. In the study area, it is found in the Maastrichtian-Paleocene sediments.