Katsuyama (UF) Section, Inuyama, KARE-23 (Triassic of Japan)

Where: Japan (35.4° N, 136.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 144.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Globolaxtorum tozeri zone, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• upper Rhaetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rythmically alternating sequence of light red-brown chert and shale beds

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 54219: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 27.09.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Pseudohagiastrum giganteum
Pseudohagiastrum giganteum Carter and Hori 2005 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Globolaxtorum tozeri
Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella sp., Livarella valida
Livarella sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium ithacanthum, Deflandrecyrtium sp., Haeckelicyrtium breviora
Deflandrecyrtium sp. Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
"Misikella sp." = Neospathodus
"Misikella sp." = Neospathodus Mosher 1968 conodont