Globorotalites conicus (CARSEY, 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 : 40

Globorotalites conicus (CARSEY, 1840)

Pl. III, fig. 20 & 21

1926. Globorotalia conicus CARSEY , p. 156, pl. 1-8.

1956. Globorotalites conicus (CARSEY) .- SAID & KENAWY, p. 147, pl. 4, fig. 43.

Remarks: It is distinguished by a flat dorsal side and a conical ventral side.

Stratigraphic distribution: It was originally described from the Lower Cretaceous sediments of the Paris Basin. It is recorded in the Maastrichtian of northern Sinai by SAID & KENAWY (1956). It is found in the Maastrichtian chalks of the Esh El Mallaha area.