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 karreriformis Hornibrook



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 18.10 (Holotype): 1.1 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.89, Fig. 18:10 (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1961, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 164, pl. 26, fig. 512-514 (Cibicidoides).

Description: Distinguished by the large, flattened test with up to 11 chambers in last whorl, coarsely and densely perforate, with a broad median dome on the evolute side and with strongly recurved limbate sutures.

Distribution: Whaingaroan to Duntroonian(?).

Comment: A few probable records from Duntroonian. Seems closely related to C. novozelandicus (Karrer) and C. pronovozelandicus Srinivasan, 1966.


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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