 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 27.10 (Holotype): 0.58 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.137, Fig. 27:10 (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1940, Sphaeroidinella disjuncta, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): pl. 67, fig. 224-228;
1958, Hornibrook, Micropaleontology 4(1): 34, pl. 1, fig. 15;
1971, Jenkins, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 42: 171, 172, pl. 17, fig. 536-538;
1983, Sphaeroidinellopsis disjuncta, Kennett & Srinivasan, Neogene Planktonic Foraminifera, p. 206, pl. 51, fig. 3-5.
Description: Distinguished by the very compact, trilobate to quadrilobate form with a cancellate porous surface and very thick walls, incised sutures and an umbilically situated, lipped aperture. Resembles a highly thickened form of Globigerina woodi.
Distribution: Altonian to Waiauan (mainly in deeper water facies).
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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