 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 24.9a-c (Holotype): 0.42 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.130, Fig. 24:9a-c (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1971, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 104, 105, pl. 10, fig. 233-241.
Description: Distinguished from G. aequa and G. rex by the presence of a keel only on the final chamber, a more conical ventral side, and slower rate of chamber expansion. Coiling is sinistral except for the top of its range whereas G. rex and G. aequa are consistently dextral.
Distribution: Upper Waipawan to Heretaungan.
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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