PBDB Collection

GSC loc. C-080581, Graham Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.4° N, 132.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° N, 126.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Phantom Creek Formation (Maude Group), Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Informal Radiolarian Zone 3 (within Levesquei and Thouarsense Ammonite Zone); meters indicate distance from base of Phantom Creek Fm

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, green, calcareous sandstone

• high energy , shallow water environment

• lithology of sample: light gray sandy limestone (fine calcarenite)

•lithology of sample/(sequence): gray green sandstone(...,gray-green weathering shale with nodular and concretionary limestones and septarian nodules)

Size class: microfossils

Reposited in the GSC

• collected by B.E.B. Cameron, 1982; 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 71090: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 18.04.2007, edited by Adam Kocsis

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Taxonomic list

• rare: 1-2 specimens; common: 3-6 specimens; abundant: >6 specimens

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Protozoa
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Staurolonche ellsi, ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Staurolonche ellsi radiolarian ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella variabilis, Paronaella tripla², Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella aff. grahamensis, Paronaella skowkonaensis, "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Paronaella variabilis radiolarian Paronaella tripla² De Wever 1981 radiolarian Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella aff. grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella skowkonaensis Carter 1988 radiolarian "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae	"Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Hagiastrum majusculum¹, Hagiastrum majusculum² Hagiastrum majusculum¹ Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum² Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Radiolaria - Actinommidae	? Staurosphaera amplissima ? Staurosphaera amplissima Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	"Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum "Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Elodium cameroni, Elodium nadenensis n. sp., ? Elodium "sp. A", ? Elodium mackenziei¹ Elodium cameroni radiolarian Elodium nadenensis n. sp. radiolarian ? Elodium "sp. A" Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian ? Elodium mackenziei¹ Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora aff. turgida Napora aff. turgida radiolarian
Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae	Turanta morinae Turanta morinae Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian

¹Carter et al. 2010; ²Gorican et al. 2006