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



Globorotalia (Tenuitella) insolita Jenkins



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 25.13a-c (Holotype): 0.16 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.131, Fig. 25:13a-c (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1966, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 8(6): 1120, fig. 13, no. 113- 118;

1971, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 118, pl. 12, fig. 309-314.

Description: Distinguished by the tiny low trochospiral smooth, finely perforate test with compressed ovate chambers, five in final whorl, and a narrow, highly arched aperture.

Distribution: Kaiatan to basal Whaingaroan.


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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