S9-4-88-CNA-KPD-5 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 siltstone

• limestone lens (4x80 cm) in siltstone-minor shale

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 94390: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.02.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Amuria impensa Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum merum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum sp. Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis elizabethae Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Tipperella kennecottensis Longridge et al. 2007 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
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian