Cumshewa Inlet, Moresby Island, GSC loc. C-080610 (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 131.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 71.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

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

• Spot sample collected in Rennell Junction member 127 m above the base of the Ghost Creek Formation

Environment/lithology: marine; shale and limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by B.E.B. Cameron

• 85-CAA-SP-27, LMS 2

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 119709: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 01.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella angulosa Carter 1988 radiolarian
angulosa subsp.
Crucella mijo De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium inornatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella fera Yeh 1987 radiolarian
fera subsp.
 Spumellaria -
Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Xiphostylus duvalensis n. sp. Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum margaritaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Canoptum anulatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma ninstintsi radiolarian
? Katroma sinetubus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Katroma elongata Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Katroma angusta Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Lantus obesus Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Religa globosa Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Canutus ex gr. tipperi Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus baumgartneri Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Canutus hainaensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Broctus ruesti Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum formosum Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Parahsuum izeense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum edenshawi Carter 1988 radiolarian
Parahsuum mostleri Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra munda Yeh 1987 radiolarian