 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.15a-b (Holotype): 0.54 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.132, Fig. 27:15a-b (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 326, pl. 29, fig. 159-161;
1958, Hornibrook, Micropaleontology 4(1): 33, pl. 1, fig. 6-10;
1965, G. miozea miozea Walters, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 8(1): 115, fig. 8a-e;
1971, G. (Globorotalia) miozea Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. pal. bull. 42: 94, 95, pl. 6, fig. 144-148;
1972, G. m. miozea, Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 15(1): 57, 58, fig. 6;
1983, G. (Globoconella) miozea, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 112, pl. 26, fig. 1-3, text-fig. 13.
Description: Distinguished from G. praescitula by its larger size, thicker walls, more numerous chambers, and more acute margins. Often with secondary thickening.
Distribution: Upper Altonian to middle Southland Series.
Comment: See G. conoidea. Coiling changes from random to predominantly sinistral within upper Altonian.
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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DOI 10.21420/G2M63W.
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