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



Cibicides amoenus Finlay



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 21.26: 0.55 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.89, Fig. 21:26.

Synonymy: 1940, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): 466, pl. 67, fig. 210, 211 (compare C. ornatus Cushman).

Description: Distinguished by the flattened, coarsely perforate, gently biconvex shape with a keeled periphery and median coarsely papillate area on the uncoiled side.

Distribution: Altonian to Opoitian.


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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