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New Zealand Foraminifera: Key Species in Stratigraphy—No. 6

N. de B. Hornibrook

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Summary The following Foraminifera are of stratigraphic importance in New Zealand and especially in the Waipara district: Pseudoclavulina anglica Cushman (Teurian); Sigmoilopsis neocelata n.sp. (Duntroonian? Waitakian to Altonian); S. compressa n.sp, (Awamoan and Altonian); Buliminella waiparaensis n.sp. (Haumurian and Teurian); Bolivina fyfei n.sp, (Kapitean to Nukumaruan); Loxostomum pakaurangiensis n.sp. (Awarnoan to Waiauan): Notorotalia wilsoni n.sp. (Altonian to Waiauan); Notorotalia aranea n.sp. (Otaian? Hutchinsonian and Awamoan); Globigerina pseudoiota Hornibrook (Waipawan and Mangaorapan); G. gravelli Bronniman (Waipawan): G. soldadoensis Bronniman (Waipawan); Globorotalia zealandica n.sp. (Awamoan and Altonian); Cibicides thiaracuta n sp. (Altonian to Tongaporutuan).

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Key concepts: Foraminifera, Geology, Stratigraphy, Key (lock), Paleontology, Oceanography, Ecology, Biology