Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 126.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Globolaxtorum tozeri zone, Sandilands Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• upper Rhaetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, concretionary limestone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original silica
Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,
Primary reference: E. S. Carter and R. S. Hori. 2005. Global correlation of the radiolarian faunal change across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(5):777-790 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 54200: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 27.09.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Protozoa | |
"Risella sp." = Serilla
"Risella sp." = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian | |
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? Spongotrochus sp. Haeckel 1860 radiolarian | |
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Betraccium sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian | |
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Pseudohagiastrum giganteum Carter and Hori 2005 radiolarian | |
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? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian | |
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Mesosaturnalis acuminatus Carter 1993 radiolarian | |
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Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993 radiolarian | |
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Livarella sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986 radiolarian | |
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Deflandrecyrtium ithacanthum radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium sp. Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian | |