Also known as sample SP14-63-14, Porter and Riedman 2016
Where: Arizona (36.1° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.0° N, 0.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tanner Member (Galeros Formation), Tonian (1000.0 - 850.0 Ma)
• 57m above the base of the section, which is the base of the Tanner Member. Collection sections from Porter and Riedman (2016) are based on sections reported in Figure 1 of Dehler et al (2001)
Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray shale
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: adpression
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), chemical, smear slide, hydrochloric, hydroflouric,
• Specimens are reposited in the microfossil collections of the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) under accession numbers 36072–36106 and locality numbers
•MF7688–MF7689.
Primary reference: S. M. Porter and L. A. Riedman. 2016. Systematics of organic-walled microfossils from the ca. 780-740 Ma Chuar Group, Grand Canyon, Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 90(5):815-853 [P. Cohen/M. Hernandez/S. Porter]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 237984: authorized by Leigh Anne Riedman, entered by Leigh Anne Riedman on 31.12.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Navifusa majensis Pjatiletov 1980 | |
unclassified | |
Galerosphaera walcottii Vidal and Ford 1985
Palaeastrum dyptocranum Butterfield et al. 1994
Squamosphaera colonialica Jankauskas 1979 | |
Lanulatisphaera laufeldii | |
Lanulatisphaera laufeldii Vidal 1976 | |
Microlepidopalla mira | |
Microlepidopalla mira Porter and Riedman 2016 | |
Cerebrosphaera globosa | |
Cerebrosphaera globosa Ogurtsova and Sergeev 1989 | |
Culcitulisphaera revelata | |
Culcitulisphaera revelata Riedman and Porter 2016 | |
Kaibabia gemmulella | |
Kaibabia gemmulella Porter and Riedman 2016 | |
Volleyballia dehlerae | |
Volleyballia dehlerae Porter and Riedman 2016 |