Late Cretaceous-Early Eocene benthic foraminifera from Esh El Mallaha area, Egypt Author Ismail, Ahmed A. text Revue de Paléobiologie 2012 2012-07-31 31 1 15 50 journal article 0253-6730 Tritaxia barakai SAID & KENAWY, 1956 Pl. I, fig. 11 1956. Tritaxia barakai SAID & KENAWY , p. 123, pl. 1, fig. 18. Remarks: It is characterized by an elongate test having a pyramidal shape. The test is triserial and its chambers are numerous rather indistinct, not inflated and increasing slowly in size as added. Stratigraphic distribution: It is recorded in the Maastrichtian by SAID & KENAWY (1953). In the study area, it is floody in the Maastrichtian zones