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



Miogypsina intermedia Drooger



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 41.2a-b (Otaian, Puketi Formation, Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour): 3 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.163, Fig. 41:2a-b (Otaian, Puketi Formation, Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour).

Synonymy: 1952, Drooger in '''Studies of American Miogypsinidae". Zeist, Netherlands, pp. 35, 36, 54, 55, pl. 2, fig. 30- 34, pl. 3, fig. 4;

Chaproniere 1984a, 23, 23, 43, pl. 6, fig. 4a, 4b; pl. 7, fig. 1a-2b; pi 12, fig. 6, pl. 16, fig. 12, 13, 16, 17, fig. 16; 1984b, 28, fig. 2, 30.

Description: Ovate or fan-shaped; embryonic chambers at apex, equatorial chambers rhombic, surface densely pustuled.

Distribution: Otaian. Records of Miogypsina are confined to the northern half of the North Island where, according to Chaproniere (1984b) M. globulina (Mitchelotti), M. intermedia and M. cushmani Vaughan succeed one another in quick succession in the Otaian.


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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