Bolivina pontis Finlay, 1939       

Class: Rotaliata  Subclass: Rotaliana  Order: Bolivinitida  Family: Bolivinidae

found at the farm track of Maheno   New Zealand and off   New Zealand   

Geological Time: Paleogene  Eocene  Priabonian
Runangan (New Zealand Stage)

image courtesy of Dr. Simone B. Hicks Simone B. Hicks

View of a specimen of Bolivina pontis Finlay, 1939


The identification is based upon:
Hicks, S.B., 2014: Paleoecology and sedimentology of the volcanically active Late Eocene continental shelf, Northeast Otago, New Zealand. unpublished Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy. University of Otago. Plate 2, Fig. 23