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



Nonionella novozealandica Cushman



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 20.10 (Topotype): 0.53 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.97, Fig. 20:10 (Topotype).

Synonymy: 1936, Contr. Cushman Lab. 12: 88, pl. 13, fig. 16;

1961, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 34(1): 94, pl. 11, fig. 217, 221.

Description: Small, asymmetrically coiled with an extension of the final chamber extending over the umbilicus as a crenulate lobe on one side.

Distribution: Whaingaroan to Tongaporutuan.

Comment: Also N. zenitens Finlay (Waipawan-Kapitean), N. magnalingua Finlay (Duntroonian to Wanganui Series), N. satiata Finlay (Altonian), N.? gemina Hornibrook (Waitakian to Nukumaruan), N. flemingi Vella (Waiauan? Tongaporutuan to Recent).


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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