Alveolina and Nummulite from Early Ypressian in Egypt, I need your kind help to identify them specifically and their precise age assignment. Also, if you can recommend me Professor of Larger Foraminifera for contact about that issue?
Alveolina is an extinct genus of foraminifera that are spherical or elliptical chambers are formed by transversely subdivided into Cambreta
alveolina: Upper Paleocene - middle Eocene
scientific classification
domain : Eukaryota
United : Eukaryota
Superfílum : Reta
class : Polythalamea
order : Miliolida
superfamily : Alveolinacea
Genre : alveolina †
go through the book Foraminifera By J.R. Haynes
A nummulite is a large lenticular fossil, characterized by its numerous coils, subdivided by septa into chambers. These are common in Eocene to Miocene marine rocks, particularly around southwest Asia and the Mediterranean (e.g. Eocene limestones from Egypt).
I think a complete axial section is necessary for a precise determination for alveolinids. For nummulits it is the equatorial sections that gives the most information, but i am not an expert.