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



Charltonina acutimarginata (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 11.16a-b (Holotype): 0.67 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.48, Fig. 11:16a-b (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1940, Pulvinulinella acutimarginata, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(4): 462, pl. 66, figs. 184-188;

1959, Alabamina acutimarginata, Hornibrook, in Wellman, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 87(1, 2): 136;

1966, Charltonina acutimarginata, Webb: 260-262, pl. 12, figs 4a-c;

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

1971, Webb, Ibid, 14(4): 795-828.

Description: Distinguished by the sharp-edged gently biconvex form with a carinate periphery, smooth surface, evolute dorsally, involute ventrally; aperture extending from the base of the last chamber, upwards parallel to the periphery.

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)."
ISSN 1172-2886, ISBN 978-1-98-853088-8, DOI 10.21420/G2M63W.

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