LUM 4, Lumthi, Albania (Jurassic of Albania)

Where: Albania (41.8° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 22.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kalur Chert Formation, Early/Lower Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• UAZ 6-7

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, red chert

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: M. Chiari, M. Marcucci, and M. Prela. 2002. New species of Jurassic radiolarians in the sedimentary cover of ophiolites in the Mirdita area, Albania. Micropaleontology 48(S1):61-87 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
 Nassellaria - Diacanthocapsidae
"Theocapsomma cucurbiformis" = Theocapsomella cucurbiformis
"Theocapsomma cucurbiformis" = Theocapsomella cucurbiformis Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
"Stylocapsa oblongula" = Kilinora oblongula
"Stylocapsa oblongula" = Kilinora oblongula Kocher 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
? Quarticella sp., "Stichocapsa magnipora" = Quarticella magnipora
? Quarticella sp. Takemura 1986 radiolarian
"Stichocapsa magnipora" = Quarticella magnipora Chiari et al. 2002 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
"? Archaeodictyomitra amabilis" = Hsuum amabile
"? Archaeodictyomitra amabilis" = Hsuum amabile Aita 1985 radiolarian