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



Buliminoides chattonensis (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 18.24a-b (Holotype): 0.70-0.41 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.88, Fig. 18:24a-b (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1939, Elongobula chaffonensis, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 322, pl. 27, fig. 92-96;

1964, Buliminoides chattonensis, Loeblich & Tappan, Foraminiferida in R. C. Moore (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2, vol. 1: C544, fig. 426, 12a-c.

Description: Test a long, smooth, loosely wound spiral divided into uneven- sized chambers; aperture a small round radiate opening in end face.

Distribution: Duntroonian. Chatton Formation. A shallow water species.


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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