S8-10-QC-675 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

• dark grey micritic limestone nodule (15 cm x 2.5 cm) 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 94383: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Charlottea proprietatis n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis rotundus Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Bipedis diadema n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Bipedis patricki Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
"? Jacus anatiformis" = Anaticapitula anatiformis De Wever 1982 radiolarian
? Napora graybayensis Pessagno et al. 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus laseekensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Droltus fondrenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Bagotum helmetense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Broctus selwynensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Canoptum margaritaense n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Wrangellium thurstonense Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Teesium insignitum n. gen. n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Katroma regina Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum coronarium Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Foremania sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Ares moresbyensis n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Ares sutherlandi n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Cuniculiformiidae
Cuniculiformis plinius De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Solidea hillhousei Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Ectonocorys sp. Foreman 1968 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
"Protokatroma "sp. A"" = Pseudoeucyrtis
"Protokatroma "sp. A"" = Pseudoeucyrtis Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium sixi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Pantanellium kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium carlense n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae
Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Praeorbiculiformella yanensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella botanyensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
"Paronaella jamesi" = Paronaella fera jamesi Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Sophia tuberis n. gen. n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Hagiastrum rudimentum n. sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Crucella cavata Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian