 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.8 (Topotype): 1.03 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.92, Fig. 11:8 (Topotype).
Synonymy: 1939, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 311, pl. 25, fig. 29-31;
1966, G. cf. whangaia, Webb, New Zealand Late Cretaceous Foraminifera and Stratigraphy, vol. 1, pp. 160-161, pl. 1, fig. 5, unpublished PhD thesis, University of Utrecht;
1971, Webb, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 14(4): 808, 811, 814.
Description: Test of agglutinated small sand grains, elongate, initially triserial and distinctly triangular for about one third to half the test, followed by a slightly spirally twisted biserial stage with eight or more chambers; aperture simple at base of last chamber.
Distribution: Teurian.
Comment: A smaller form like G. whangaia, with a shorter biserial stage is rare in the basal Teurian and uppermost Haumurian according to Webb (1966, 1971).
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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