 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 18.21 (Topotype): 0.64 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.99, Fig. 18:21 (Topotype).
Synonymy: 1864, Rotalia sulcigera, Novara-Exped. geol. 1(2): 275, pl. 24, fig. 25;
1939, Rotaliatina sulcigera, Finlay, Trans. Roy. Soc. NZ. 68: 531, pl. 69, fig. 6a, b, 7a, b;
1971, Hornibrook, N.Z. Geol. Surv. paleont. bull. 43: 50, pl. 11, fig. 186, 187.
Description: Distinguished by the smooth spirally coiled test with a large, slit-aperture and often a small umbilicus. Height of spire is variable.
Distribution: Bortonian to basal Duntroonian. Often absent in inner shelf facies but common in deeper water.
Comment: Rotaliatina occurs in the Eocene and Oligocene of Mexico and the Oligocene of northwest Europe.
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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