PBDB Collection

S8-7-QC-549 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

• dark grey micritic 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 94380: 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
Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae	Praeorbiculiformella robusta Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Hagiastridae	Archaeohagiastrum aff. pobi, Crucella hettangica, Udalia parvacapsa, Udalia dennisoni, Sophia palfyi Archaeohagiastrum aff. pobi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Udalia dennisoni Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Sophia palfyi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae	Pantanellium kungaense, Pantanellium danaense Pantanellium kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae	Thurstonia timberensis Thurstonia timberensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Spumellaria -	Beatricea christovalensis Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Entactinaria - Eptingiidae	Tozerium nascens Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae	Bipedis elizabethae, Bipedis hiberniaensis Bipedis elizabethae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian Bipedis hiberniaensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Canoptidae	Laxtorum hemingense n. sp. Laxtorum hemingense n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae	Canoptum sp., "Atalanta emmela" = Atalantria emmela Canoptum sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian "Atalanta emmela" = Atalantria emmela Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian
Nassellaria -	Trexus dodgensis Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Bagotidae	Droltus hecatensis, Droltus lyellensis, Droltus laseekensis, Bagotum erraticum Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Droltus laseekensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian Bagotum erraticum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria - Hsuidae	Parahsuum simplum Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Nassellaria -	Foremania sandilandsensis Foremania sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian