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



Ceratocancris clifdenensis Finlay



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 21.18 (Holotype): 0.67 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.88, Fig. 21:18 (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(1): 117, pl. 13, fig. 62.

Description: Small, smooth and glossy, inflated, trochospirally enrolled, aperture a low slit along the base of the final chamber, with notched ends; internal partitions visible in broken specimens.

Distribution: Upper Otaian, Altonian to Tongaporutuan.

Comment: See Troelsen 1954, Medd. dansk. geol. Foren. 12: 453, 454, 475.


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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