PBDB Collection

S1-10-89-CNA-SKUD-39 Kunga Island (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 126.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Middle Hettangian to Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

• limy lens, 15 cm x 70 cm, in hard, thinly-bedded siltstones

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162 [A. Miller/K. Layou/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94288: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Amuria macfarlanei, Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Amuria macfarlanei Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Protokatroma aquila, Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Bagotidae	Droltus hecatensis Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Canoptidae	Relanus reefensis Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Canoptum columbiaense Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Bipedis elizabethae Bipedis elizabethae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae	Empirea hasta Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus, Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis Blome 1984 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Heptacladidae	"Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera "Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Charlottea weedensis, Tozerium nascens Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Radiolaria -	Spumellaria "indet. A" Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Udalia primaeva, Udalia plana Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Danubea howardi, Paronaella botanyensis, Paronaella ravenensis, Paronaella skenaensis, Thurstonia gibsoni, Thurstonia minutaglobus Danubea howardi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella botanyensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella skenaensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia gibsoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium tanuense, Pantanellium browni, Pantanellium kluense Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium browni Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian