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
•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 71096: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 18.04.2007, edited by Adam Kocsis
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Protozoa | |
? Staurosphaera amplissima Foreman 1973 radiolarian | |
"? Emiluvia moresbyensis" = Emiluvia, "? Emiluvia "sp. A"" = Emiluvia, "Emiluvia "sp. D"" = Emiluvia, "Tympaneides changi" = Emiluvia, Tympaneides charlottensis1
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"Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon
"Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian | |
"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis
"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian | |
Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Rüst 1898 radiolarian | |
Staurolonche ellsi radiolarian
? Staurolonche "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian | |
"? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense, Paronaella porosa n. sp., Paronaella tlellensis, Paronaella variabilis n. sp., Paronaella "sp. E", Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella aff. grahamensis, Paronaella notabilis2, Paronaella tripla2, ? Paronaella denudata, Paronaella skowkonaensis
"? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Paronaella porosa n. sp. radiolarian
Paronaella tlellensis radiolarian
Paronaella variabilis n. sp. radiolarian
Paronaella "sp. E" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
Paronaella aff. grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
? Paronaella denudata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Paronaella skowkonaensis Carter 1988 radiolarian | |
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
Spongotripus incomptus radiolarian
Spongotrochus tanaensis radiolarian | |
"Homeoparonaella reciproca n. sp." = Homoeoparonaella, "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella
"Homeoparonaella reciproca n. sp." = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian
"Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian | |
Caltrop nodosum n. gen. n. sp.
Caltrop nodosum n. gen. n. sp. radiolarian | |
Spongostaurus cruciformis radiolarian | |
Crucella squama2, Crucella mirabunda2, Crucella angulosa, Hagiastrum majusculum1, Hagiastrum majusculum2, Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae, Archaeohagiastrum longipes1, Archaeohagiastrum longipes2
Crucella angulosa Carter 1988 radiolarian
Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae Pessagno 1977 radiolarian | |
? Perispyridium "sp. A" Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian | |
"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus, Mesosaturnalis cf. septispinus
"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus Yao 1972 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis cf. septispinus radiolarian | |
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"Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian | |
Maudia yakounense radiolarian | |
"Rolumbus kiustaense" = Diceratigalea
"Rolumbus kiustaense" = Diceratigalea radiolarian | |
Elodium cameroni, Elodium nadenensis, ? Elodium "sp. A", ? Elodium mackenziei1, "Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata
Elodium cameroni radiolarian
Elodium nadenensis radiolarian
? Elodium "sp. A" Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
? Elodium mackenziei1 Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian mentioned as Lupherium sp. B in Carter et al., 1988
"Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian | |
Turanta "sp. A" Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian |