S9-2-90-TD-11A Kennecott Point, Graham Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.9° N, 133.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• lowermost Hettangian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified, coarse-grained sandstone

• limestone lens in coarse bedded sandstone

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 94388: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Amuria impensa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum merum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Thurstonia sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Tipperella kennecottensis Longridge et al. 2007 radiolarian