PBDB Collection

S3-2-89-CNA-KUD-3 Kunga Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 126.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Late/Upper Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• limestone nodule 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 94292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Radiolaria -	Spumellaria "indet. A" Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium kluense, Pantanellium tanuense Pantanellium kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Paronaella skenaensis, Paronaella ravenensis, Thurstonia magnaglobus, Thurstonia minutaglobus, Thurstonia gibsoni, Danubea howardi Paronaella skenaensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia gibsoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Danubea howardi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Udalia primaeva, Udalia plana Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus, Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Tozerium nascens, Charlottea weedensis Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Heptacladidae	"Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera "Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Bipedis elizabethae Bipedis elizabethae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Protokatroma aquila Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Canoptidae	Relanus reefensis Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Amuria impensa, Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Amuria impensa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian