 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 21.10 (Holotype): 0.55 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.91, Fig. 21:10 (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 322, pl. 28, fig. 112-118;
1947, Finlay, N.Z. jl. sci. tech. B28(5): 283-284;
1961, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 87, 88;
1973, Scott, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys 16(1): 55-56, fig. 10, 11 (E. healyi, E. willettii).
Description: As interpreted by Scott, E. marwicki includes a range of forms from those with weak ventral ridges (healyiy to those with strong ventral ridges, angular tests and strong lateral spines (willetti, still regarded by some authors as a distinct species).
Distribution: Otaian to Altonian.
Comment: Principal marker species for base of Otaian. Also E. osbornei (Southland Series) and E. fyfei (Taranaki Series), Finlay (1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 322, 323, pl. 28, fig. 119-124).
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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