Dr. Nagy I. Zoltán szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 3. 1972. (Budapest, 1972)

ry rapidly in size. Wall calcareous perforate. Surface cramented with stout spines or granules. Sutures depressed, strongly curved on the Horsal side, radial on the umbilical side. Umbilicus narrow deep. Aperture a narrow arch, interiomargihal

, extraumbilical- umbilical. Diameter: 0,35 mm Occurrence : This species occurs in G. pseudomenardii and G. ve lascoensis zones. Large number of specimens of this species are found in thin sections of sample no, 3 at the top of the Taramsa section, characterizing the G. aequa

/ G. marginodentata zone of Ypresian age. Stratigraphie range: G. aequa was first described by CUSHMAN & RENZ (1942) "from the Paleocene of the Soldade formation of Trinidad. SUBBOTINA (1953) identified this species as G. crassata from the middle and the upper Paleocene from Caucasus, U.S.S.R. BOLLI (1957) recorded this species from the middle and the upper Paleocene "

G. pseudomenardii and G. rex zones" of the lower Lizard Springs formation in Trinidad. BOLLI & CITA (I960) described G. aequa from the Paleocene of the Paderno d'Adda section in northern Italy, This species was also recorded by OLSSON (i960) from the Paleocene of New Jersey Coastal Plain, It was also identified by HILLEBRANDT (1962) from the upper Paleocene in the basin of Reichenhall and Salzburg, Austria. In Egypt G. aequa was recorded by SAID & SABRY (1964) from the upper Landenian of Gebel Awe

ina, Nile Valley. Recently EL NAGGAR (1966) described this species from upper part of G. velascoensis zone of the Esna-Idfu region, Nile Val-