Section 10, 57m above base of section (Tonian of the United States)

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

• dark gray to black shale (Porter and Riedman, 2016; Supplementary data)

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

• taxonomic list taken from Supplementary file of Porter and Riedman (2016)
 Life -
Navifusa majensis Pjatiletov 1980
unclassified
  -
 Life -
Galerosphaera walcottii Vidal and Ford 1985
Palaeastrum dyptocranum Butterfield et al. 1994
Squamosphaera colonialica Jankauskas 1979
Lanulatisphaera laufeldii
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Microlepidopalla mira
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Microlepidopalla mira Porter and Riedman 2016
Cerebrosphaera globosa
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Cerebrosphaera globosa Ogurtsova and Sergeev 1989
Culcitulisphaera revelata
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Culcitulisphaera revelata Riedman and Porter 2016
Kaibabia gemmulella
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Kaibabia gemmulella Porter and Riedman 2016
Volleyballia dehlerae
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Volleyballia dehlerae Porter and Riedman 2016