 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11. 0.5 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.50, Fig. 11.
Synonymy: 1860, Trochammina squamata, var. charoides, Geol. Soc. Lond. Quart. Jl. 16: 304;
1928, G. c. var. corona Cushman and Jarvis, Cushman. Lab. foram. Res. Contr. 4: 89, pl. 12, figs 9-11;
1966, G. charoides, Webb: 122-124, pl. 3, fig. 12; text fig. 51a-k.
Description: Consists of a proloculus and a long tubular chamber regularly coiled for several whorls then regularly or erratically enrolling over early whorls; wall consists mainly of very fine siliceous cement.
Distribution: Mid Cretaceous to Eocene.
Comment: Found earliest in Ngaterian and common in Cretaceous, Paleocene and Eocene. Occasional records from the Pareora and Southland Series probably are individuals reworked from older rocks.
Cite this publication as: "Strong CP, Raine JI, Terezow M. 2018. Key
species of New Zealand fossil foraminifera: descriptions from "Manual of New
Zealand Permian to Pleistocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy" by Hornibrook,
Brazier and Strong, 1989. Lower Hutt (NZ): GNS Science. (GNS Science
miscellaneous series; 123)."
ISSN 1172-2886, ISBN 978-1-98-853088-8,
DOI 10.21420/G2M63W.
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