Dentalina megalopolitana REUSS, 1855

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

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0253-6730

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6448262

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scientific name

Dentalina megalopolitana REUSS, 1855
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Pl. I, fig. 31

1855. Dentalina megalopolitana REUSS , p. 267, pl. 8, fig. 10.

1946. Dentalina megalopolitana REUSS. - CUSHMAN, p. 67, pl. 23, figs. 24-26.

1985. Dentalina megalopolitana REUSS. - LUGER, p. 79, pl. 3, fig. 17.

Remarks: It is characterized by numerous chambers, not inflated, distinct and gradually increase in size as added, while the later chambers in many specimens are slightly decreasing.

Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Cretaceous of Trinidad (CUSHMAN, 1946). It is recorded in the Maastrichtian and rarely found in the Paleocene of the Esh El Mallaha area.

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