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 nana Bolli



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 25.18a-c: 0.37 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.133, Fig. 25:18a-c.

Synonymy: 1957, U.S. Natl. Mus. bull. 215: 118, pl. 28, fig. 3a-c;

1971, Globorotalia (Turborotalia) nana nana, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 123, 124, pl. 11, fig. 303-308.

Description: Distinguished by the small, four chambered, lobulate test with a lipped, low, arched peripheral-umbilical aperture.

Distribution: Kaiatan to Duntroonian to lower Southland Series?.

Comment: Probably the ancestor of a group of simple four to five chambered forms including G. mayeri s.l. and G. (Globoconella) incognita.


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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