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 zealandica Hornibrook



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.13a-c (Holotype): 0.42 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.135, Fig. 27:13a-c (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1958, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 1(4): 667, 668, fig. 18, 19,30;

1961, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 143, pl. 22, fig. 448, 451, 452;

1965, G. z. zealandica, Walters, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 8(1): 113, fig. 6u-z;

1971, G. z. zealandica Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 133, 134, pl. 14, fig. 395- 397;

1972, G. zealandica Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 15(1): 52, 53, fig. 6;

1984, G. (Globoconella) zealandica, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 108, pl. 25, fig. 1-3, text-fig. 13.

Description: Distinguished from G. incognita by its more subquadrate shape, more flattened on the dorsal side. More inflated than G. praescitula.

Distribution: Altonian to Clifdenian.

Comment: An early species of Globorotalia s.l. which preceded the development of keeled forms in the Lower Miocene.


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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