Central Graham Island, GSC loc. C-177371 (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.4° N, 132.3° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 126.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Whiteavesi ammonoid zone, Rennel Junction Member (Fannin Formation), Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• Section consists of thick sandstone beds alternating with sequences of limy concretions and lenses in siltstone and fine sandstone.

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and sandstone

• Limestone sample

Size class: microfossils

Collected by H. Tipper

• 90-TD-12

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 119703: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 01.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium inornatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Pseudopantanellium floridum Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Canutus ex gr. tipperi Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus hainaensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra munda Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum mostleri Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum edenshawi Carter 1988 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum margaritaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma ninstintsi radiolarian
? Katroma sinetubus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Katroma elongata Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Lantus praeobesus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae