 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 26.5a-b: 0.22 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.125, Fig. 26:5a-b.
Synonymy: 1934, Guembelina cubensis, Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. "Felipe Poey" 8: 73-76, text-fig. 1-6;
1971, C. ototara (Finlay), in part, Jenkins New Zealand Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 66-67);
1985, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. Record 9: 67-69 (Streptochilus).
Description: Tiny, biserial, expanding slowly with growth, usually 14-16chambers, surface papillae aligned in vertical rows to form incipient costae, barely visible except under the electron scanning microscope, aperture an asymmetrical low arch.
Distribution: Lower Whaingaroan (G. angiporoides-zone) earlier? to basal Duntroonian (G. euapertura-zone). Waitakian in Taoroa Limestone Lens, Chatham Is. The exact range is uncertain. Specimen figured is from F20293, Chatham Rise, G. angiporoides-zone.
Comment: Topotypes of C. cubensis, loaned by Dr M. Buzas of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, and examined under the scanning electron microscope, were found to be distinctly costate.
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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