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 trilobus trilobus (Reuss)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Figs. 27.6a-b: 0.40 mm
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Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 31: 0.40 mm
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Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 31
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Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.128, Figs. 27:6a-b, 31.

Synonymy: 1850, Globigerina triloba Reuss, Denkschr. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Mathnat. C1 1: 374, pl. 47, fig. 11 a-e;

1961, Globigerinoides triloba, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 151, pl. 22, fig. 442-445;

1971, Jenkins, Ibid. 42: 180-182, pl. 19, fig. 571-581;

1972, Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 15(1): 99, fig. 6;

1984, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 62, pl. 13, fig. 1-3, text-fig. 9) (G. quadrilobatus trilobus).

Description: Distinguished by the compact form, typically with three chambers in the last whorl, last chamber distinctly larger, surface cancellate and coarsely porous with a reticulate network ofridges and with a low arched, slit-like primary aperture and small secondary sutural aperture on spiral side.

Distribution: Lower Altonian to Wanganui Series.

Comment: See also G. altiaperturus and Globigerina woodi connecta.


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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