GNS Science Manual of New Zealand Permian to Pleistocene
Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy


Key species of New Zealand fossil foraminifera:
descriptions from
"Manual of New Zealand Permian to Pleistocene Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy" by Hornibrook, Brazier and Strong, 1989



Globigerina brevis Jenkins



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 25.19a-c (Holotype): 0.44 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.126, Fig. 25:19a-c (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1966, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 10(6): 1100, fig. 7, no. 58-63;

1971, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 140, 141, pl. 15, fig. 442-447.

Description: Variable in shape, typically large with three and a half to four spherical chambers in final whorl, final chamber often bulla-like, smaller than the penultimate one; aperture a low arch in umbilicus, often obscured, sutures often incised, surfaces with a coarse hexagonal pattern.

Distribution: Upper Runangan to lowermost Whaingaroan.


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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