Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C., Maude Formation (Locality 532) (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 132.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.1° N, 126.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maude Formation, Early/Lower Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray lime mudstone

• dark gray calcilutite about 8-10 inches thick; 260.5 ft above the base of the Maude Fm.

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. A. Pessagno, Jr. and P.A. Whalen. 1982. Lower and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria (multicyrtid Nassellariina) from California, east-central Oregon and the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Micropaleontology 28(2):111-169 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32751: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Karen Layou on 14.07.2003, edited by Adam Kocsis

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Abundance data given as rare (1-2 specimens); common (3-5 specimens); and abudant (6+ specimens). Data recorded as 1, 3, 6 specimens for rare, common, and abundant, respectively.
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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Noritus lillihornensis, Bagotum sp., Bagotum erraticum, Bagotum maudense, Canutus sp., Canutus ex gr. tipperi, Canutus rockfishensis, Droltus hecatensis
Noritus lillihornensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Bagotum sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Bagotum erraticum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Bagotum maudense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus ex gr. tipperi Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum sp.
Canoptum sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian