JO 48, Galice Formation s.l., Josephine ophiolite (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: California (41.9° N, 123.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° N, 65.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Galice Member (Josephine Formation), Callovian (166.1 - 163.5 Ma)

• Zone 2 gamma. Age re-assigned based on Baumgartner et al. (1995) and estimated from position in section. Informal Formation name.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified lime mudstone and lithified chert

• Smith River Subterrane
• Thin bed of light gray pelagic limestones interbedded with dark gray siliceous mudstone, black chert and graywacke

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydrochloric,

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 51657: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.06.2005, edited by Adam Kocsis

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella cleopatraensis, Paronaella sp.
Paronaella cleopatraensis radiolarian
[entered as Paronaella cleopatrensis]
Paronaella sp. Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Gorgansium sp.
Gorgansium sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Higumastra devilsgapensis
Higumastra devilsgapensis Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia lowercoonensis
Emiluvia lowercoonensis Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus bispinus" = Spongosaturninus bispinus, Acanthocircus sp.
"Acanthocircus bispinus" = Spongosaturninus bispinus Yao 1972 radiolarian
Acanthocircus sp. Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Napora sp.
Napora sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa spinosa
Podobursa spinosa Ozvoldova 1975 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
"Praeparvicingula hurdygurdyensis" = Praeparvicingula, "Praeparvicingula packsaddlensis" = Praeparvicingula, "Praeparvicingula siskiyouensis" = Praeparvicingula, "Praeparvicingula sp." = Praeparvicingula, "Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula, "Praeparvicingula deadhorsensis" = Parvicingula deadhorsensis
"Praeparvicingula hurdygurdyensis" = Praeparvicingula radiolarian
"Praeparvicingula packsaddlensis" = Praeparvicingula radiolarian
"Praeparvicingula siskiyouensis" = Praeparvicingula radiolarian
"Praeparvicingula sp." = Praeparvicingula Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
"Praecaneta sp." = Praeparvicingula Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
"Praeparvicingula deadhorsensis" = Parvicingula deadhorsensis Pessagno et al. 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Acropyramididae
Cornutella sp.
Cornutella sp. Ehrenberg 1838 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Tripocyclia sp., "Neotripocyclia harperi" = Suna harperi, "Neotripocyclia sp." = Suna, Triactoma spp., "Tripocyclia aff. jonesi" = Triactoma jonesi, Archaeocenosphaera spp.
Tripocyclia sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
"Neotripocyclia harperi" = Suna harperi Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
"Neotripocyclia sp." = Suna Wu 1986 radiolarian
Triactoma spp. Rüst 1885 radiolarian
"Tripocyclia aff. jonesi" = Triactoma jonesi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera spp. Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian