New foraminifera from the upper Miocene and lower Pliocene of New Zealand

Abstract

The following 14 new species of fossil foraminifera are described and illustrated: Textularia crater, Siphotextularia dawesi, Ruakituria pseudorobusta, Karreriella fastigata, Arenodosaria turris, Vaginulinopsis carinata, Bolivinita finlayi, Brizalina srinivasani, Kolesntko uella zealandica, Planulinoides bamasuturalis, Notorotalia mammiligera, Cibicides porrodeliquatus, Cibicides araroa, and Pleurostomella parviapertura. Known stratigraphic ranges and inferred depth ranges are given for each species. The new genus Ruakituria (Ataxophragmiidae) is erected with Ruakituria pseudorobusta Kennett, n. sp., as type species.