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



Heterostegina borneensis van der Vlerk



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 41.4 (Hokianga South Head, Otaian.): 3.5 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.163, Fig. 41:4 (Hokianga South Head, Otaian.).

Synonymy: 1929, Nederl.-Indie, Dienst. Mijnb. Wetench. Meded. 9: 16, pl. opp. p. 34, fig. 6, pl. opp. p. 36, fig. 25;

Chaproniere 1980b, 160, 161, fig. 6; 1981, 145-151; 1984a, 39-40, pl. 5, fig. 4a-5c, pl. 15, fig. 5a-8, pl. 25, fig. 11, 12; 1984b, 25-35.

Description: Discoidal, loosely coiled, chambers divided into chamberlets.

Distribution: Duntroonian or basal Waitakian. Possibly the same species in the Otaua Limestone at Hokianga Harbour. Numerous records from Otaian to Waiauan in suitable facies. Maxwell (1968) records a different species of Heterostegina from the Bortonian in the Kaiwara River, North Canterbury.


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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