PBDB Collection

S3-7-87-CNA-KUD-4, 89-CNA-KUD-10, 89-CNA-KUD-12, Kunga Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 33.4° N, 78.5° W (Wright 2013)

• 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 lens and nodules, 3 cm x 20 cm, 10 cm x 70 cm, 10 cm x 35 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 94297: 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. C" Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian Spumellaria "indet. C" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Thurstonia magnaglobus, Thurstonia timberensis, Paronaella ravenensis n. sp., Paronaella skenaensis n. sp., Danubea howardi Thurstonia magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Thurstonia timberensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella ravenensis n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Paronaella skenaensis n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Danubea howardi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium kluense, Pantanellium browni, Pantanellium tanuense Pantanellium kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium browni Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Udalia plana, Udalia primaeva, Udalia parvacapsa Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Bagotidae	Droltus hecatensis Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae	Haeckelicyrtium "sp. A" Haeckelicyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae	Protokatroma aquila, Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis, Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Bipedis elizabethae n. sp. Bipedis elizabethae n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Canoptidae	Relanus reefensis Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Canoptum columbiaense, Nitrader "sp. A", "Atalanta epaphrodita" = Atalantria epaphrodita Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Nitrader "sp. A" Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian "Atalanta epaphrodita" = Atalantria epaphrodita Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian
Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae	Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis, Amuria impensa Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian Amuria impensa 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 - Palaeoscenidiidae	Parentactinia carteri Parentactinia carteri Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus, Praehexasaturnalis poultoni, Palaeosaturnalis liassicus, Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Palaeosaturnalis liassicus Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis Blome 1984 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae	Empirea hasta Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Heptacladidae	"Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera "Pseudoheptacladus "sp. A"" = Parentactinosphaera Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian