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 woodi woodi Jenkins



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.4a-b: 0.43 mm
.


Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 30.4: 0.43 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.127, Figs. 27:4a-b, 30:4.

Synonymy: 1960, Jenkins, Micropaleontology 6(4): 352, pl. 2, fig. 2a-c;

1971, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 159, 160, pl. 18, fig. 548- 550;

1983, G. (Zeaglobigerina) woodi, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, pp. 42, 43, pl. 7, fig. 4-6.

Description: Distinguished by the compact test with four chambers in the final whorl, with distinctly incised sutures and coarsely porous surfaces, aperture umbilical, a high arch with a thick lip.

Distribution: Appears in about middle Waitakian and forms with a similar aperture are present commonly up to about middle Nukumaruan.


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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