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



Elphidium hampdenense Finlay



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 15.30: 0.70 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.92, Fig. 15:30.

Synonymy: 1940, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(1): pl. 12, fig. 29, 30;

1940, Ibid 64(4): 457.

Description: Planispiral, margins compressed, chambers recurved, about 11 in final whorl; interconnecting ribs between sutures; aperture a row of pores.

Comparison: Distinguished from E. saginatum by the more numerous chambers and angled periphery.

Distribution: Heretaungan.

Comment: A useful and easily recognised guide fossil for Heretaungan.


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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