PBDB Collection

S7-2-89-CNA-KUH-2 Kunga Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.5° 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 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 94362: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Bipedis helenae, Bipedis patricki, Bipedis diadema Bipedis helenae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Bipedis patricki Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Bipedis diadema Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae	Katroma irvingi Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Bagotidae	Canutus blomei, Canutus rockfishensis, Droltus lyellensis, Droltus fondrenensis Canutus blomei Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus fondrenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Charlottea proprietatis, Charlottea harbridgensis, Charlottea triquetra, Charlottea amurensis Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Charlottea harbridgensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Charlottea triquetra Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	"Kozurastrum "sp. A"" = Hexasaturnalis "Kozurastrum "sp. A"" = Hexasaturnalis Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium skedansense, Pantanellium kungaense, Pantanellium carlense, Pantanellium sixi Pantanellium skedansense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium carlense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Pantanellium sixi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae	Praeorbiculiformella robusta, Praeorbiculiformella yanensis Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Praeorbiculiformella yanensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Beatricea christovalensis Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Archaeohagiastrum pobi, Hagiastrum majusculum, Hagiastrum rudimentum, Crucella hettangica, Crucella kaisunensis Archaeohagiastrum pobi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum majusculum Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Hagiastrum rudimentum Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Crucella kaisunensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian