 Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 22.3 (Holotype): 1.46 mm |
Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.101, Fig. 22:3 (Holotype).
Synonymy: 1947, NZ. jl.sci. techn. B28(5): 266, 267, pl. 2, fig. 21, 22.
Description: Large, coarse grained, expanding rapidly with growth, strongly inflated without carinate or spined edges.
Distribution: Tangaparutuan to basal Opoitian?, mainly Kapitean. Usually found in shallow sandy facies associated with Bulimina aculeata and Kapitean molluscs.
Comment: Kennett described a morphological transition from T. miozea to T. kapitea in the upper Tongaporutuan, Kapitean and basal Opoitian at Cape Foulwind (1963, N.Z. jl. geal. geophys. 6(2): 257-260).
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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