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 mayeri nympha Jenkins



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 28.7a-c (Holotype): 0.24 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.132, Fig. 28:7a-c (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1967, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 10(4): 1072, fig. 3, no. 7-13;

1971, G. (Turborotalia) mayeri nympha, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 121, 122, pl. 12, fig. 318-324;

1984, G. mayeri nympha, Hoskins, Palaeogeogr., palaeoclimat., palaeoecol. 46(1- 3): 212-215, fig. 8, 10-12.

Description: Described as being distinguished from G. m. mayeri by having a lower arched aperture and small final chamber.

Distribution: Waiauan to lower Tongaporutuan.

Comment: Probably an ecophenotype of G. mayeri (see Hoskins 1984).


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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