89-CNA-KPA-16 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 moiliformis 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

• 10x40 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 94714: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium "sp. C", Ferresium conclusum, ? Eptingium onesimos
Ferresium "sp. C" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium conclusum Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Mesosaturnalis "sp. B"
Mesosaturnalis "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum capitaneum
Laxtorum capitaneum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum "sp. A", Canoptum cf. triassicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Globolaxtorum cristatum
Globolaxtorum cristatum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella louisensis
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella yaogusensis, "Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla, Risella ellisensis, Risella stalkungiensis
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian
Risella ellisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Risella stalkungiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium keloense, Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium keloense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian