88-CNA-KPA-R15 Kennecott Point, Graham Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.9° N, 133.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 128.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Proparvicingula moniliformis zone, Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• zone information from Carter and Guex (1999)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

• 25x60 cm limestone concretion in thinly-bedded hard siliceous siltstone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. Carter. 1993. Biochronology and paleontology of uppermost Triassic (Rhaetian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Memoires de Geologie 11:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94713: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum capitaneum, Laxtorum porterheadense
Laxtorum capitaneum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Laxtorum porterheadense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Globolaxtorum cristatum
Globolaxtorum cristatum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata, Citriduma asteroides
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Citriduma asteroides Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Kozurastrum "sp. B"" = Hexasaturnalis
"Kozurastrum "sp. B"" = Hexasaturnalis Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera spinulata, ? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes, ? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium "sp. C", Ferresium teekwoonense
Ferresium "sp. C" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B", Spumellaria "indet. E"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella ultrabifida, "Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A"
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. D"
Betraccium "sp. D" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella clara
Fontinella clara Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Crucella "sp. A"
? Crucella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian