PBDB Collection

GSC loc. C-080585, Graham Island (Jurassic to of Canada)

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

• Paleocoordinates: 41.7° N, 73.5° W (Wright 2013)

• 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
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 - Spongolophophenidae	Maudia yakounense n. gen. n. sp. Maudia yakounense n. gen. n. sp. radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Napora turgida, Napora aff. turgida Napora turgida radiolarian Napora aff. turgida radiolarian
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
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus "Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus Yao 1972 radiolarian
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 - Emiluviidae	Emiluvia moresbyensis, Tympaneides charlottensis Emiluvia moresbyensis radiolarian Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis "? Acaeniotyle ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Caltrop nodosum Caltrop nodosum radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae	? Alievium juskatlaensis ? Alievium juskatlaensis radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongodiscidae indet., Spongotrochus tanaensis, Spongotripus incomptus Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian Spongotrochus tanaensis radiolarian Spongotripus incomptus radiolarian
Spumellaria - Gomberellidae	"Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon "Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Trillus elkhornensis Trillus elkhornensis Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	"? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense, Paronaella porosa, Paronaella tlellensis n. sp., Paronaella variabilis, Paronaella cf. spinosa, Paronaella "sp. E", Paronaella tripla², ? Paronaella bandyi, Paronaella notabilis², Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella aff. grahamensis "? Amphibrachium phantomensis" = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian Paronaella porosa radiolarian Paronaella tlellensis n. sp. radiolarian Paronaella variabilis radiolarian Paronaella cf. spinosa radiolarian Paronaella "sp. E" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian Paronaella tripla² De Wever 1981 radiolarian ? Paronaella bandyi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian Paronaella notabilis² Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian Paronaella grahamensis Carter 1988 radiolarian Paronaella aff. grahamensis Carter 1988 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 - 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 - Hagiastridae	Hagiastrum majusculum¹, Hagiastrum majusculum², Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹, Archaeohagiastrum longipes², Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae, Crucella squama², Crucella mirabunda², Crucella angulosa Hagiastrum majusculum¹ Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum² Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹ Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Archaeohagiastrum longipes² Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae Pessagno 1977 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.

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