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



Globotruncana circumnodifer (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 12.23a-b: 0.45 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.52, Fig. 12:23a-b.

Synonymy: 1940, Globigerina circumnodifer, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): 469, pl. 65, fig. 150- 157;

1966, Webb: 278, pl. 14, fig. 7-9, pl. 15, fig. 1; 1970, Globotruncana (Rugotruncana) circumnodifer (Finlay), N.Z. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 13(3): Table 3.

Description: Trochospiral; moderately high spired; double keel well to poorly developed; ornament of meridionally arranged pustules or costellae variably developed on dorsal and ventral surfaces.

Distribution: Upper Haumurian.

Comment: Rugotruncana?, Rugoglobigerina? See Robaszynski, et al.,(1984 Rev. de Micropal) about the uncertain status of Rugotruncana..


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)."
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