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



Sigmoilopsis compressa Hornibrook



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 21.6 (Holotype): 0.79 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.100, Fig. 21:6 (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1958, N.Z. jl. geol. geophys. 1(4): 657, 658, fig. 5, 6, 11.

Description: Distinguished by the rather flattened test with small even sand grains; initially sigmoiline, later chambers added alternately on either side in a single plane as in Spiroloculina.

Distribution: Altonian.


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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