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



Frondicularia rhaetica Kristan-Tollmann



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 9.21: 2.05 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.43, Fig. 9:21.

Synonymy: 1964, Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesantalt, 10: 146-7, pl. 32, fig.1-8;

1984, Frondicularia otamitaensis Strong: 20, pl. 2, fig. 40-41. Not Frondicularia rhaetica, ibid: 21, pl. 2, fig. 42-46, pl. 8 fig, 172-174.

Description: Large, uniserial, compressed, broadly triangular, with chevron-shaped chambers, ornament of 2 prominent medial ribs.

Comparison: Strong (1984) described this form as Frondicularia otamitaensis. It was later determined to be conspecific with F. rhaetica.

Distribution: Otamitan.


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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