Maude Island, GSC loc. C-304428 (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 126.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Late/Upper Sinemurian to Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 183.0 Ma)

• occurs with Tetraspidoceras Assemblage

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and siltstone

• Sequence composed mainly of siltstone and shale with minor sandstone and limy lenses. Sample from discontinuous limestone bed 6 cm thick.

Size class: microfossils

Collected by E. S. Carter

• 98-CNA-MI-1.

Primary reference: E. S. Carter, S. Goričan, J. Guex, L. O'Dogherty, P. De Wever, P. Dumitrica, R. S. Hori, A. Matsuoka, and P. A. Whalen. 2010. Global radiolarian zonation for the Pliensbachian, Toarcian and Aalenian. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297:401-419 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 119700: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 01.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Charlottea hotaoensis Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Charlottea triquetra Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Charlottea penderi Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Wrangellium thurstonense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum artum Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Canoptum margaritaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma ninstintsi radiolarian
Katroma elongata Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Katroma angusta Yeh 1987 radiolarian
? Katroma sinetubus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Foremania ex gr. sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Lantus praeobesus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Lantus obesus Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Lantus intermedius Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis diadema, "Napora sandspitensis" = Jacus sandspitensis
Bipedis diadema Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
"Napora sandspitensis" = Jacus sandspitensis Pessagno et al. 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus sanignacioensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus rennellensis Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Canutus ex gr. tipperi Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium crickmayi Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Religa globosa Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
? Praeconocaryomma yakounensis Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Thurstonia timberensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Paronaella fera Yeh 1987 radiolarian
jamesi subsp.
Paronaella corpulenta De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae