PBDB Collection

GSC loc. C-080597, 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 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 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 71099: 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, "Tripocyclia rosespitense n. sp." = Triactoma rosespitensis Triactoma jakobsae² radiolarian "Tripocyclia rosespitense n. sp." = Triactoma rosespitensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Plagoniidae	Lithomelissa "sp. A" Lithomelissa "sp. A" Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	? Hsuum "sp. C", Hsuum exiguum¹, Hsuum plectocostatum², "Lupherium "sp. A"" = Parahsuum, Parahsuum longiconicum¹ ? Hsuum "sp. C" Pessagno 1977 radiolarian questionable occurence Hsuum exiguum¹ radiolarian Hsuum plectocostatum² Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian "Lupherium "sp. A"" = Parahsuum Yao 1982 radiolarian Parahsuum longiconicum¹ Sashida 1988 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Unumidae	Protunuma paulsmithi Protunuma paulsmithi radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Elodium cameroni n. gen. n. sp., Elodium nadenensis, ? Elodium "sp. A", ? Elodium mackenziei, ? Elodium mackenziei¹, "Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata, ? Canoptum "sp. A", Canoptum cf. dixoni, Parvicingula aff. burnensis Elodium cameroni n. gen. n. sp. radiolarian Elodium nadenensis radiolarian ? Elodium "sp. A" Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian ? Elodium mackenziei Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian mentioned as ? Lupherium sp. B in Carter et al., 1988 ? Elodium mackenziei¹ Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian "Parvicingula aculeata" = Praeparvicingula aculeata Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian ? Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian Canoptum cf. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Parvicingula aff. burnensis radiolarian
Nassellaria - Tripedurnulidae	Turanta morinae, Turanta ex gr. morinae¹ Turanta morinae Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian Turanta ex gr. morinae¹ Pessagno and Blome 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Williriedellidae	Tricolocapsa cf. rusti Tricolocapsa cf. rusti radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	"Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus "Mesosaturnalis hexagonus" = Hexasaturnalis hexagonus Yao 1972 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	"Protoperispyridium hippaensis" = Perispyridium hippaense "Protoperispyridium hippaensis" = Perispyridium hippaense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae	Staurolonche ellsi n. sp., ? Staurolonche "sp. A", ? Staurolonche "sp. B" Staurolonche ellsi n. sp. radiolarian ? Staurolonche "sp. A" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian ? Staurolonche "sp. B" Haeckel 1881 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella porosa, Paronaella variabilis, Paronaella grahamensis, Paronaella aff. grahamensis, Paronaella corpulenta², Paronaella skowkonaensis, Paronaella notabilis², Paronaella tripla², Bistarkum saginatum¹, Bistarkum saginatum², "? Amphibrachium phantomensis n. sp." = Bistarkum phantomense Paronaella porosa radiolarian Paronaella variabilis radiolarian Paronaella grahamensis 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 n. sp." = Bistarkum phantomense Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Emiluviidae	Emiluvia moresbyensis, Emiluvia "sp. D", Tympaneides charlottensis Emiluvia moresbyensis radiolarian Emiluvia "sp. D" Foreman 1973 radiolarian Tympaneides charlottensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae	Spongotripus incomptus, Spongotrochus tanaensis n. sp. Spongotripus incomptus radiolarian Spongotrochus tanaensis n. sp. radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae	? Alievium juskatlaensis ? Alievium juskatlaensis radiolarian
Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae	Spongostaurus "sp. A", Orbiculiformella incognita² Spongostaurus "sp. A" Haeckel 1882 radiolarian Orbiculiformella incognita² Blome 1984 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Gomberellidae	"Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon, "Bernoullius saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon¹ "Spongiostoma saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian "Bernoullius saccideon" = Bernoullius saccideon¹ Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae	Praeconocaryomma immodica, Praeconocaryomma aff. parvimamma, Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Praeconocaryomma immodica radiolarian Praeconocaryomma aff. parvimamma Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian Praeconocaryomma aff. mamillaria Rüst 1898 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae	"? Acaeniotyle ghostensis n. sp." = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis, "Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis¹, Acaeniotyle "sp. B" "? Acaeniotyle ghostensis n. sp." = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian "Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis" = Acaeniotylopsis ghostensis¹ Carter et al. 1988 radiolarian Acaeniotyle "sp. B" Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Crucella squama², Higumastra lupheri², Pseudocrucella "sp. C", Pseudocrucella "sp. D", Pseudocrucella sanfilippoae, Archaeohagiastrum longipes¹, Archaeohagiastrum longipes², Hagiastrum majusculum¹, Hagiastrum majusculum² Crucella squama² Kozlova 1971 radiolarian Higumastra lupheri² Yeh 1987 radiolarian Pseudocrucella "sp. C" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian Pseudocrucella "sp. D" 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