Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849)

Description:

Whittaker, J. E.; Jones, R. W.; Banner, F. T. (1998). Key Mesozoic Benthic Foraminifera of the Middle East. The Natural History Museum of London. 1-236. Pl. 73, figs 1-3 Mesorbitolina texana (Roemer, 1849). 1, IPC no. M/2050, identified by Henson (1948c) as Orbitolina cf. discoidea Gras, axial section, x70. 2, 3, IPC no. M/760 (BMNH no. P 35936), syntype of Orbitolina kurdica Henson, 1948c, detail of megalospheric embryonic apparatus and general view of axial section, x100 and x65, respectively. Fig. 1 from Qashqai Sarhad, south of Husainabad, ?late Albian, Iran. Figs 2, 3 from Aoroman, Kalam Gorge, Aptian/Albian, N.E. Iraq.