 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 29.2a-c: 0.43 mm |
 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 29.1-5 |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.134, Fig. 29:2a-c.
Synonymy: 1965, Globorotalia miozea spherical var. McInnes, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 8(1): 104, fig. 3, 1A-6C;
1965, Globorotalia miozea sphericomiozea Walters, Ibid 8(1): 126, fig. 8N-S;
1971, G. (Globorotalia) miozea sphericomiozea Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 95, 96, pl. 6, fig. 149-151;
1976, G. puncticulata sphericomiozea, Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 19(6): 855-869;
1982, Scott, Jl. Foram. Res. 12(1): 1-12; 1983, Scott, Marine micropal. 7: 369-383;
1982, G. sphericomiozea, Hornibrook, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 25: 83- 99, fig. 5P-Z;
1983, G. (Globoconella) sphericomiozea, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 116, pl. 27, fig. 1-3, text-fig. 13;
1984, Globorotalia sphericomiozea Hornibrook, Palaeogeogr., palaeoclimat., palaeoecol. 46(1-3): 107-117, fig. 1.
Description: Populations referred to this taxon show a range of morphology from somewhat planoconvex or subconical to biconvex with rounded peripheries usually with four and a half chambers in the final whorl.
Comparison: Populations are distinguished from G. conomiozea by their more rounded shape and slightly higher, arched apertures and from G. puncticulata by lower arched apertures and the presence of weak peripheral keels visible on the final chambers.
Distribution: Upper Kapitean.
Comment: An intermediate form in the evolution of G. conoidea and G. conomiozea into G. puncticulata s.s. found in the lower reversed interval of the Gilbert Chron.
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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