PBDB Collection

GSC loc. C-080583, Graham Island (Jurassic to 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 to Middle Toarcian (182.0 - 175.6 Ma)

• Informal Radiolarian Zone 4 (within Variabilis 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 to brownish gray limestone (fine to very fine calcarenite)

•lithology of sample/(sequence): gray-green weathering shale overlain by pale brown sandstone with minor shale interbeds and common buff weathering sandy limestone lenses

Size class: microfossils

Reposited in the GSC

• collected by B.E.B. Cameron, 1980; 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 71095: 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
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Triactoma jakobsae² Triactoma jakobsae² radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	Hsuum plectocostatum¹, Hsuum plectocostatum², "Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum Hsuum plectocostatum¹ Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian Hsuum plectocostatum² Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian "Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Elodium cameroni, Elodium nadenensis, ? Elodium mackenziei¹, ? Elodium mackenziei², Canoptum cf. dixoni, Parvicingula matura Elodium cameroni radiolarian Elodium nadenensis radiolarian ? Elodium mackenziei¹ Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian ? Elodium mackenziei² Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian Canoptum cf. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Parvicingula matura Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian questionable occurence
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora browni, Napora aff. turgida, Napora aff. cosmica Napora browni radiolarian Napora aff. turgida radiolarian Napora aff. cosmica Pessagno 1986 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hilarisiregidae	"Rolumbus kiustaense n. sp." = Diceratigalea "Rolumbus kiustaense n. sp." = Diceratigalea radiolarian
Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae	Turanta "sp. A", Turanta morinae, Turanta ex gr. morinae¹, Turanta nodosa Turanta "sp. A" Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian Turanta morinae Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian Turanta ex gr. morinae¹ Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian Turanta nodosa Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Spongolophophenidae	Maudia yakounense Maudia yakounense radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Hexasaturnalis hexagonus¹ Hexasaturnalis hexagonus¹ Yao 1972 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Staurolonche ellsi, ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Staurolonche ellsi radiolarian ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella porosa, Paronaella tlellensis, Paronaella cf. variabilis, Paronaella "sp. E", Paronaella grahamensis n. sp., Paronaella aff. grahamensis, Paronaella corpulenta², Paronaella skowkonaensis, Paronaella notabilis², Paronaella tripla², Bistarkum saginatum¹, Bistarkum saginatum², "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Paronaella porosa radiolarian Paronaella tlellensis radiolarian Paronaella cf. variabilis radiolarian Paronaella "sp. E" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian Paronaella grahamensis n. sp. Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella aff. grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella corpulenta² De Wever 1981 radiolarian Paronaella skowkonaensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella notabilis² Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian Paronaella tripla² De Wever 1981 radiolarian Bistarkum saginatum¹ Yeh 1987 radiolarian Bistarkum saginatum² Yeh 1987 radiolarian "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Emiluviidae	? Emiluvia moresbyensis, Emiluvia "sp. D", Tympaneides charlottensis n. gen. n. sp. ? Emiluvia moresbyensis radiolarian Emiluvia "sp. D" Foreman 1973 radiolarian Tympaneides charlottensis n. gen. n. sp. Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae	"Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella, "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella "Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongodiscidae indet., Spongotripus incomptus n. sp., Spongotrochus tanaensis Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian Spongotripus incomptus n. sp. radiolarian Spongotrochus tanaensis radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae	? Alievium juskatlaensis n. sp. ? Alievium juskatlaensis n. sp. radiolarian
Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae	Spongostaurus cruciformis n. sp., Orbiculiformella incognita², Orbiculiforma aff. persenex Spongostaurus cruciformis n. sp. radiolarian Orbiculiformella incognita² Blome 1984 radiolarian Orbiculiforma aff. persenex radiolarian
Spumellaria - Gomberellidae	"Spongiostoma saccideon n. gen. n. sp." = Bernoullius saccideon, "Bernoullius saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon² "Spongiostoma saccideon n. gen. n. sp." = Bernoullius saccideon Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian "Bernoullius saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon² Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae	Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Caltrop nodosum Caltrop nodosum radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis "? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Crucella mirabunda², Crucella angulosa, Crucella squama², Pseudocrucella "sp. C", Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae, Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹, Archaeohagiastrum longipes², Hagiastrum majusculum¹, Hagiastrum majusculum² Crucella mirabunda² Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian Crucella angulosa Carter 1988 radiolarian in Carter et al.(2010): angulosa subsp. Crucella squama² Kozlova 1971 radiolarian Pseudocrucella "sp. C" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae Pessagno 1977 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹ Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes² Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum¹ Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum² Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Radiolaria - Actinommidae	? Staurosphaera amplissima ? Staurosphaera amplissima Foreman 1973 radiolarian

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