 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.8a-c: 0.19 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.131, Fig. 27:8a-c.
Synonymy: 1957, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus. 215: 118, pl. 28, fig. 5a-6; 1968, Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 11(2): 377, fig. 4-6;
1971, G. (Turborotalia) kugleri, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 118, pl. 12, fig. 315-317;
1984, G. (Fohsella) kugleri, Kennett & Srinivasan. Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 94, pl. 21, fig. 3-5, text-fig. 12);
1985, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv, Record 9: 68, fig. 1.
Description: Distinguished by the small, compressed test with six chambers increasing slowly in size in last whorl, dorsal sutures radial, ventral sutures recurved, surfaces finely pitted, aperture a low, lipped arch, extending from periphery to umibilicus.
Comparison: Generally rare and small, with less than the 6 to 8 chambers typical of this species.
Distribution: Duntroonian (V22/f8758), Waitakian, Otaian.
Comment: Probably near the southern limit of the geographic range.
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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