Stainforthia farafraensis (LeRoy, 1953)       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Rotaliida  Family: Stainforthiidae

found at Bir Inglisi   North Africa   Egypt   

Geological Time: Paleogene  Eocene  Ypresian


the image is provided by Robert P. Speijer

View of a specimen of Stainforthia farafraensis (LeRoy, 1953)

bar = 100µm

The identification is based upon:
Speijer, R.P., 1994: Extinction and recovery patterns in benthic foraminiferal paleocommunities across the Cretaceous/Paleogene and Paleocene/Eocene boundaries. Geologica Ultraiectina Volume 124. Dissertation Plate 8 from Ch. 6, Fig. 3