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



Dorothia agrestis Finlay



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 15.13 (Holotype): 1.2 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.91, Fig. 15:13 (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 313, pl. 25, fig. 41, 42.

Description: Composed of agglutinated coarse grains, moderately inflated, initial part rounded, polyserial; aperture simple at base of last chamber.

Distribution: Heretaungan to Bortonian.

Comment: In the upper Bortonian and Kaiatan, the aperture migrates towards the middle of the last chamber. This form was named Plectina agrestior (Finlay, ibid, p. 313).


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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