PBDB Collection

JO 86A-E, Volcanic member Josephine ophiolite (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: California (42.0° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 63.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Volcanic Member (Josephine Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• Zone 1H. Age re-assigned based on Baumgartner et al. (1995).

•Informal Formation name. Stated as Volcanic member, Josephine Ophiolite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, tuffaceous chert

• Smith River Subterrane

• Tuffaceous cherts within upper basalt member of Josephine Ophiolite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: E. A. Pessagno, Jr., C. D. Blome, D. M. Hull and W. M. Six. 1993. Jurassic radiolaria from the Josephine ophiolite and overlying strata, Smith River subterrane (Klamath Mountains), northwestern California and southwestern Oreg. Micropaleontology 39:93-166 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51631: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Xiphostylus sp. Xiphostylus sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Williriedellidae	? Tricolocapsa sp., "Quarkus madstonensis" = Williriedellum madstonense ? Tricolocapsa sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian "Quarkus madstonensis" = Williriedellum madstonense Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora sp. Napora sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae	Spongocapsula sp. Spongocapsula sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Ristola sp., Ristola aff. procera, "Praecaneta decora" = Praeparvicingula decora, "Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula Ristola sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Ristola aff. procera Pessagno 1977 radiolarian "Praecaneta decora" = Praeparvicingula decora Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian "Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Stichocapsa japonica, Stichocapsa aff. convexa, ? Cyrtocapsa aff. kisoensis Stichocapsa japonica Yao 1979 radiolarian Stichocapsa aff. convexa Yao 1979 radiolarian ? Cyrtocapsa aff. kisoensis radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	Hsuum baldfacense, Hsuum aff. baldfacense, Hsuum sp., Hsuum brevicostatum, Semihsuum biscuithillense, Semihsuum sp. Hsuum baldfacense radiolarian Hsuum aff. baldfacense radiolarian Hsuum sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian Hsuum brevicostatum Ozvoldova 1975 radiolarian Semihsuum biscuithillense radiolarian Semihsuum sp. Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Unumidae	Protunuma aff. multicostatus Protunuma aff. multicostatus radiolarian [entered as Protunuma multicostata]
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Perispyridium sp. Perispyridium sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae	? Patulibracchium aff. henlei ? Patulibracchium aff. henlei radiolarian
Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae	Wilvemia whiskeyensis, Wilvemia sp., Archaeospongoprunum sp. Wilvemia whiskeyensis radiolarian Wilvemia sp. Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian Archaeospongoprunum sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	Levileugeo sp. Levileugeo sp. Yang and Wang 1990 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella sp. Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian