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



Alabamina creta (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.20a-c (Holotype): 0.35 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.45, Fig. 11:20a-c (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1940, Pulvinulinella creta, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): 463, pl. 66, fig. 187-192;

1957 Alabamina creta, Hornibrook, N.Z. Jl. Sci. Techn. B34(6): 437;

1966, Webb: 257-298, pl. 12, figs 1a-c;

1970, Webb, N.Z. Jl. Geol. Geophys. 13(3): 663-675, fig. 1, table 3,

1971, Webb, Ibid, 14(4): 795-82.

Description: Distinguished by the small, smooth, rounded, biconvex form with rounded margins, steeply inclined dorsal sutures, apertural face infolded above the long, narrow aperture extending from periphery to umbilicus.

Distribution: Haumurian to Teurian.


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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