S8-8-QC-550 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)

• 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 94381: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Ectonocorys sp.
? Ectonocorys sp. Foreman 1968 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Canutus rockfishensis, Droltus hecatensis, Droltus lyellensis, Bagotum erraticum, Bagotum helmetense
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Bagotum erraticum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Bagotum helmetense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Ares moresbyensis
Ares moresbyensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Cuniculiformiidae
Cuniculiformis plinius
Cuniculiformis plinius De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Foremania sandilandsensis, Solidea hillhousei
Foremania sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Solidea hillhousei Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum columbiaense, Canoptum dixoni
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Canoptum dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma regina, Katroma irvingi
Katroma regina Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
? Napora graybayensis
? Napora graybayensis Pessagno et al. 1986 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae
Praeorbiculiformella yanensis
Praeorbiculiformella yanensis 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