Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.2° N, 132.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 126.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Whiteaves Formation (Maude Group), Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)
• Informal Radiolarian Zone 2 (correlates with Bifrons Ammonite Zone); meters indicate distance from top of Whiteaves Fm
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous shale
•lithology of sample/(sequence): pale gray, green weathering shale with limestone nodules and septarian nodules
Size class: microfossils
Reposited in the GSC
• collected by B.E.B. Cameron, 1979; focus on radiolarians
Primary reference: E.S. Carter, B.E.B. Cameron, and P.L. Smith. 1988. Lower and Middle Jurassic radiolarian biostratigraphy and systematic paleontology, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 386:1-109 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71084: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 18.04.2007, edited by Adam Kocsis
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
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Protozoa | |
? Emiluvia moresbyensis n. sp. radiolarian
? Emiluvia "sp. A" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
? Emiluvia "sp. B" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Emiluvia "sp. C" Foreman 1973 radiolarian | |
Praeconocaryomma immodica radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma aff. media Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian | |
Staurolonche ellsi radiolarian
Staurolonche aff. robusta Rüst 1885 radiolarian | |
Paronaella porosa radiolarian
Paronaella skowkonaensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
Paronaella cf. mulleri Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
"Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella
"Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian | |
Pseudocrucella "sp. C" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian | |
? Perispyridium "sp. A", "Protoperispyridium hippaensis" = Perispyridium hippaense
? Perispyridium "sp. A" Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
"Protoperispyridium hippaensis" = Perispyridium hippaense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian | |
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Protunuma paulsmithi radiolarian | |
Archaeodictyomitra aff. primagena radiolarian | |
Hsuum ? muelleri, Hsuum "sp. A", "Hsuum optimus n. sp." = Hsuum optimum, Hsuum cf. rosebudense, Hsuum plectocostatum2, "Lupherium "sp. A"" = Parahsuum
Hsuum ? muelleri radiolarian
Hsuum "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
"Hsuum optimus n. sp." = Hsuum optimum Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Hsuum cf. rosebudense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
"Lupherium "sp. A"" = Parahsuum Yao 1982 radiolarian | |
Tricolocapsa cf. rusti radiolarian | |
Stichocapsa cf. convexa Yao 1979 radiolarian | |
"Eucyrtidiellum aff. unumaensis" = Eucyrtidiellum unumaense
"Eucyrtidiellum aff. unumaensis" = Eucyrtidiellum unumaense Yao 1979 radiolarian | |
? Elodium mackenziei2, "Crubus wilsonensis n. sp." = Elodium wilsonense, "Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata, Praeparvicingula tlellensis2, "Eucyrtidium elementarius" = Praeparvicingula elementaria, Praeparvicingula gigantocornis1, "Parvicingula ex gr. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii, Parvicingula aff. burnensis, ? Parvicingula "sp. A", Parvicingula aff. media, ? Canoptum "sp. A", Canoptum anulatum, Wrangellium oregonense
"Crubus wilsonensis n. sp." = Elodium wilsonense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
"Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
"Eucyrtidium elementarius" = Praeparvicingula elementaria Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian questionable occurence
"Parvicingula ex gr. boesii" = Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
Parvicingula aff. burnensis radiolarian
? Parvicingula "sp. A" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Parvicingula aff. media Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
? Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum anulatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Wrangellium oregonense Yeh 1987 radiolarian |