Al 202, Lumi i Zi, Albania (Jurassic of Albania)

Where: Albania (42.0° N, 20.1° E: paleocoordinates 26.2° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kalur Chert Formation, Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• UAZ 7-8

• 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 51368: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
"Stichocapsa decora" = Mictyoditra decora
"Stichocapsa decora" = Mictyoditra decora RĂ¼st 1885 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acaeniotylopsis variatus Kito and De Wever 1994 radiolarian
s. l.
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella mulleri Pessagno 1977 radiolarian