S4-3-89-CNA-KUB-2 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), Late/Upper Sinemurian (196.5 - 189.6 Ma)

• early Upper Sinemurian

• 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 94342: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella botanyensis
Paronaella botanyensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium sixi, Pantanellium danaense
Pantanellium sixi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Sophia palfyi
Sophia palfyi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea amurensis, Charlottea proprietatis
Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma irvingi
Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian