Pseudoclavulina maqfiensis LE ROY, 1953

Ismail, Ahmed A., 2012, Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt, Revue de Paléobiologie 31 (1), pp. 15-50 : 30

Pseudoclavulina maqfiensis LE ROY, 1953

Pl. I, fig. 18

1953. Pseudoclavulina maqfiensis LE ROY , p. 44, pl. 2, figs. 16.17.

1956. Pseudoclavulina magfiensis LE ROY. - SAID & KENAWY, p. 125, pl. 1, fig. 31.

Remarks: The characteristic features of this species are strongly inflated chambers and small triangular initial stage.

Stratigraphic distribution: It was originally described from the Early Eocene of the Maqfi Section, Egypt (LE ROY, 1953). Also, it is recorded in the Late Cretaceous- Paleocene sediments in the northern Sinai (SAID & KENAWY, 1956). In the study area, it is recorded in the Late Cretaceous, Paleocene and Early Eocene.