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 thiara (Stache)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 18.8: 1.10 mm
.


Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 20.23a-b: 1.10 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.90, Fig. 18:8, 20:23a-b.

Synonymy: 1864, Rosalina thiara, Novara-Exped. geol. 1(2): 279, pl. 24, fig. 29a-c;

1961, Cibicides thiara, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 159, pl. 25, fig. 495, 497;

1971, C. thiara, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 43: 52, pl. 11, fig. 188-190.

Description: Distinguished by the large, high-domed test with a shallow umbilicus.

Distribution: Runangan to Waitakian. Very characteristic of Landon Series.

Comment: See also C. hampdenensis (Eocene) and C. thiaracuta (Miocene).


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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