S3-16-87-CNA-KUD-13, Kunga Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 126.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Early/Lower Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 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 94304: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria -
Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Sophia palfyi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Crucella prisca Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
Archaeohagiastrum aff. pobi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Udalia dennisoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian