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



Globigerinoides (Praeorbulina) glomerosus glomerosus Blow



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.16
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Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 31
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Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 31
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Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.127, Figs. 27:16, 31.

Synonymy: 1956, Micropaleontology 2(1): 65, text-fig. 1, no. 15-19, text-fig. 2, fig. 2, no. 1, 2; 1957;

1971, Praeorbulina glomerosa glomerosa, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 198, pl. 23, fig. 668;

1983, Praeorbulina g. glomerosa, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 82, pl. 18, fig. 5-8, text-fig. 11.

Description: Distinguished from Globigerinoides bisphericus by its almost spherical shape and from Orbulina by the distinct sutural apertures.

Distribution: Clifdenian, to basal Lillburnian?.

Comment: Intermediate between G. g. curva and circularis.


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)."
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