PBDB Collection

87-CNA-SKUD-6 Kunga Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.1° N, 77.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Rhaetian (205.7 - 201.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

• 2x10 cm micrite concretion in thinly-bedded, hard siliceous siltstones

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. Carter. 1993. Biochronology and paleontology of uppermost Triassic (Rhaetian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Memoires de Geologie 11:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94751: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Radiolaria -	Spumellaria "indet. B" Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Crucella flowerpotensis n. sp., Tetraporobrachia "sp. D" Crucella flowerpotensis n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian Tetraporobrachia "sp. D" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	? Haliomma sewellense ? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae	Plafkerium "sp. A", Plafkerium gadoense Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Paratriassoastrum "sp. A", Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella habros, Fontinella inflata Paratriassoastrum "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella bifida, Paronaella pacofiensis, Paronaella yaogusensis, ? Paronaella beatricia, Paronaella ultrabifida Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian ? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Relindellidae	? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus ? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium aff. fosteri, Pantanellium newkluense, Pantanellium aff. skidegatense, Cantalum "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium aff. inornatum Pantanellium aff. fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993 radiolarian Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae	"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica "Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Nabolellidae	"? Squinabolella "sp. B"" = Nabolella, "Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella, "? Squinabolella trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa, "Squinabolella desrochersi n. sp." = Nabolella desrochersi "? Squinabolella "sp. B"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian "Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian "? Squinabolella trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian "Squinabolella desrochersi n. sp." = Nabolella desrochersi Carter 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Bagotidae	? Canutus beehivensis, ? Canutus ingrahamensis ? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian ? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Canoptum "sp. A", Canoptum "sp. B", Canoptum aff. dixoni, Canoptum cf. triassicum, Proparvicingula moniliformis Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Canoptum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae	Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B", Deflandrecyrtium nobense Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Entactinaria -	Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Entactiniidae	Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera spinulata Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian ? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Ferresium "sp. B", Ferresium teekwoonense, ? Eptingium onesimos Ferresium "sp. B" Blome 1984 radiolarian Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993 radiolarian ? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae	Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian