 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 17.21a-b: 0.72 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.89, Fig. 17:21a-b.
Synonymy: 1864, Rotalia maculata, Novara- Exped. geol. 1(2): 278, pl. 24, fig. 28a-c;
1971, Cibicides maculatus, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 43: 51, 52, text-fig. 13a-c.
Description: The Oligocene form of the C. perforatus lineage, differing from C. perforatus (Lower Miocene) only in being less biconvex with less prominent umbone and in having usually up to 12 chambers per whorl compared to 12 to 14 in perforatus. Test usually blotchy and pinkish in colour.
Distribution: Kaiatan to Duntroonian.
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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