 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 38. cf. compressa |
 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 38. compressa |
 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 38. Sequence of Bolivinita species |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.159, Fig. 38.
Synonymy: 1939, loc. cit. p. 319, pl. 27, fig. 101, 102.
Description: Distinguished by its extremely compressed and flattened, test with wide lateral carinae.
Distribution: Upper Tongaporutuan to Opoitian. B. compressa is a deep water species, usually absent in the Kapitean but present in the Opoitian (Mangapoike River and Mangaopari Mudstone).
Comment: Scott (1978) derives this species from B. quadrilatera. A very similar, smaller, form, often with faint costae, in the Wanganui Series (Opoitian to Nukumaruan) is illustrated in Fig. 38 as B. cf. compressa from the Nukumaruan of Tangoio, Hawkes Bay. It also has similarities to compressed individuals in populations of B. finlayi.
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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