S8-4-QC-571A, -QC571B Kunga Island (Jurassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 126.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Late/Upper Hettangian to Late/Upper Hettangian (201.3 - 189.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

• 2 separate nodules of dark grey micritic limestone from the same horizon 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 94377: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2010, edited by Adam Kocsis

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum coronarium
Saitoum coronarium Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus sp.
Droltus sp. Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
"Protokatroma "sp. A"" = Pseudoeucyrtis, Protokatroma aquila, Pseudoeucyrtis angusta, Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis
"Protokatroma "sp. A"" = Pseudoeucyrtis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Nitrader montegufonensis, Canoptum sp., "Atalanta epaphrodita" = Atalantria epaphrodita
Nitrader montegufonensis Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian
Canoptum sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
"Atalanta epaphrodita" = Atalantria epaphrodita Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis hannai n. sp.
Bipedis hannai n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Parentactinia carteri
Parentactinia carteri Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium browni
Pantanellium browni Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia primaeva, Udalia dennisoni
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Udalia dennisoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Thurstonia minutaglobus, Danubea howardi n. gen. n. sp.
Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Danubea howardi n. gen. n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian