PBDB Collection

S7-3-89-CNA-KUH-3 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 94363: 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 rotundus, Bipedis patricki Bipedis helenae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Bipedis rotundus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Bipedis patricki Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Canoptum margaritaense Canoptum margaritaense 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 hecatensis Canutus blomei Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria -	Solidea hillhousei Solidea hillhousei Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Charlottea proprietatis, Charlottea amurensis Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Saturnalidae	Mesosaturnalis aff. artus, Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi Mesosaturnalis aff. artus Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian Pseudoheliodiscus yaoi Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	"Paronaella jamesi" = Paronaella fera jamesi "Paronaella jamesi" = Paronaella fera jamesi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae	Praeorbiculiformella robusta, ? Praeorbiculiformella lomgonensis Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian ? Praeorbiculiformella lomgonensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Beatricea christovalensis Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Archaeohagiastrum pobi, Crucella hettangica, Crucella kaisunensis, Crucella prisca Archaeohagiastrum pobi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Crucella kaisunensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Crucella prisca Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian