PBDB Collection

GSC loc. C-080585, 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 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

Preservation: recrystallized

Reposited in the GSC

• collected by H.W. Tipper, 1975; 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 71098: 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
Radiolaria - Actinommidae	? Staurosphaera amplissima ? Staurosphaera amplissima Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Staurolonche ellsi, ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Staurolonche ellsi radiolarian ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae	"Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella, "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella, "Homeoparonaella aff. elegans" = Homoeoparonaella "Homeoparonaella reciproca" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian "Homeoparonaella aff. argolidensis" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian "Homeoparonaella aff. elegans" = Homoeoparonaella radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Trillus elkhornensis Trillus elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongodiscidae indet., Spongotrochus tanaensis, Spongotripus incomptus Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian Spongotrochus tanaensis radiolarian Spongotripus incomptus radiolarian
Spumellaria - Emiluviidae	Emiluvia moresbyensis, Tympaneides charlottensis Emiluvia moresbyensis radiolarian Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Gomberellidae	"Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon "Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella porosa, Paronaella tlellensis n. sp., Paronaella variabilis, Paronaella cf. spinosa, Paronaella "sp. E", Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella aff. grahamensis, Paronaella tripla², Paronaella notabilis², ? Paronaella bandyi, "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Paronaella porosa radiolarian Paronaella tlellensis n. sp. radiolarian Paronaella variabilis radiolarian Paronaella cf. spinosa radiolarian Paronaella "sp. E" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella aff. grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella tripla² De Wever 1981 radiolarian Paronaella notabilis² Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian ? Paronaella bandyi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Caltrop nodosum Caltrop nodosum radiolarian
Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae	Orbiculiformella incognita², Spongostaurus cruciformis, Spongostaurus pugiunculus, Spongostaurus "sp. A" Orbiculiformella incognita² Blome 1984 radiolarian Spongostaurus cruciformis radiolarian Spongostaurus pugiunculus radiolarian Spongostaurus "sp. A" Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae	? Alievium juskatlaensis ? Alievium juskatlaensis radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis "? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Hagiastrum majusculum¹, Hagiastrum majusculum², Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹, Archaeohagiastrum longipes², Crucella squama², Crucella mirabunda², Crucella angulosa, Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae Hagiastrum majusculum¹ Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum² Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹ Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes² Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Crucella squama² Kozlova 1971 radiolarian Crucella mirabunda² Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian Crucella angulosa Carter 1988 radiolarian in Carter et al.(2010): angulosa subsp. Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus "Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus Yao 1972 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Spongolophophenidae	Maudia yakounense n. gen. n. sp. Maudia yakounense n. gen. n. sp. radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Elodium cameroni, ? Elodium mackenziei Elodium cameroni radiolarian ? Elodium mackenziei Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian mentioned as ? Lupherium sp. B in Carter et al., 1988
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	"Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum "Hsuum optimus" = Hsuum optimum Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hilarisiregidae	"Rolumbus kiustaense" = Diceratigalea "Rolumbus kiustaense" = Diceratigalea radiolarian
Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae	Turanta morinae Turanta morinae Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora turgida, Napora aff. turgida Napora turgida radiolarian Napora aff. turgida radiolarian

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