PBDB Collection

JO 87A-D, Volcanic member Josephine ophiolite (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: California (42.0° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° N, 63.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Volcanic Member (Josephine Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• Zone 1H. Age re-assigned based on Baumgartner et al. (1995).

•Informal Formation name. Stated as Volcanic member, Josephine Ophiolite

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Smith River Subterrane

• Tuffaceous cherts within upper basalt member of Josephine Ophiolite

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: E. A. Pessagno, Jr., C. D. Blome, D. M. Hull and W. M. Six. 1993. Jurassic radiolaria from the Josephine ophiolite and overlying strata, Smith River subterrane (Klamath Mountains), northwestern California and southwestern Oreg. Micropaleontology 39:93-166 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51632: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.06.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Xiphostylus sp. Xiphostylus sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae	Spongocapsula sp., "Spongocapsula yehae" = Spongocapsula dumitricai Spongocapsula sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian "Spongocapsula yehae" = Spongocapsula dumitricai Widz and De Wever 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Ristola sp., Ristola aff. procera, "Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula, "Praecaneta decora" = Praeparvicingula decora Ristola sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Ristola aff. procera Pessagno 1977 radiolarian "Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian "Praecaneta decora" = Praeparvicingula decora Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Williriedellidae	? Tricolocapsa sp. ? Tricolocapsa sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Unumidae	Unuma typicus Unuma typicus Ichikawa and Yao 1976 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	Hsuum baldfacense, Hsuum sp., Semihsuum biscuithillense, Semihsuum brokencotense, Semihsuum inexploratum, Semihsuum sourdoughense, Semihsuum sp. Hsuum baldfacense radiolarian Hsuum sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian Semihsuum biscuithillense radiolarian Semihsuum brokencotense radiolarian Semihsuum inexploratum radiolarian Semihsuum sourdoughense radiolarian Semihsuum sp. Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora aff. saginata, Napora sp. Napora aff. saginata radiolarian Napora sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Stichocapsa aff. convexa Stichocapsa aff. convexa Yao 1979 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium sp., Pantanellium foveatum Pantanellium sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian Pantanellium foveatum Mizutani and Kido 1983 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Gomberellidae	Bernoullius sp. Bernoullius sp. Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella sp., Bistarkum sp. Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian Bistarkum sp. Yeh 1987 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	Levileugeo sp. Levileugeo sp. Yang and Wang 1990 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae	Wilvemia whiskeyensis, Wilvemia sp., Archaeospongoprunum aff. macrostylum Wilvemia whiskeyensis radiolarian Wilvemia sp. Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian Archaeospongoprunum aff. macrostylum radiolarian
Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae	Praeconocaryomma immodica Praeconocaryomma immodica radiolarian