 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 19.17 (Neotype): 1.29 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.94, Fig. 19:17 (Neotype).
Synonymy: 1864, Cristellaria gyroscalprum, Novara-Exped. geol. 1(2): 243, pl. 23, fig. 22;
1971, Robulus gyroscalprus, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 43: 43, pl. 9, fig. 160, 161.
Description: Distinguished by the large smooth test with a very large prominent umbo, broad peripheral carina and nearly straight, steeply angled sutures.
Comparison: Differs from L. pseudocalcarata in its larger umbo and smaller keel.
Distribution: Bortonian to Pareora to Southland? Series..
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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