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



Parafusulina japonica (Guembel)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 8.7
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Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 8.8
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Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.39, Figs 8:7, 8:8.

Synonymy: 1874, Fusulina japonica, Japanische Sesteine. Das Auslaud, Stuttgart, 1874, vol. 47: 479, fig. 1-10.

Description: Test elongate, cylindrical with thin spirotheca and alveolar keriotheca; characterised by fluted septa in axial section. Length 12 mm, diameter 5 mm.

Distribution: Permian. Benmore; Glen Falloch Stream, Canterbury.

Comment: Middle Permian, Japan.


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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