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 parki Finlay



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 16.7a-b: 0.85 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.90, Fig. 16:7a-b.

Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 68: 528, pl. 69, fig. 1;

1961, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 157, 158, pl. 25, fig. 509-511 (Cibicidoides; Cibicides truncatus (Guembel); Cibicidoides cancellata (Cushman)).

Description: Dorsally evolute, smooth, porous and gently convex; ventrally strongly reticulate and flat or gently convex; periphery strongly carinate.

Distribution: Porangan to basal Whaingaroan.

Comment: A smaller, ancestral form is present in the Dannevirke Series (Waipawan to Heretaungan). The larger typical C. parki is one of the most characteristic species of the Arnold Series and is also present in the Upper Eocene in Europe.


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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