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



Frondicularia rakauroana (Finlay)



Hornibrook et al. 1989, Fig. 10.27 (Holotype): 3.07 mm
.

Reference: Hornibrook, Brazier & Strong 1989, p.49, Fig. 10:27 (Holotype).

Synonymy: 1939, Palmula rakauroana, Trans. Roy. Soc. N.Z. 69(3): 314, pl. 26, fig. 51, 52.;

1966, Frondicularia rakauroana Webb: 203 pl. 4, fig. 6;

1972, Micropaleontology 18(1): 94-100; 1968, Palmula rakauroana, Hornibrook: 45, fig. 4.

Description: Calcareous; large, leaf-shaped; a small initial half coil, chambers chevron-shaped; ornament of sinuous horizontal ribs.

Distribution: Haumurian.


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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