90-OF-KPA-17 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: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• top of 5 cm limestone bed 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 94716: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria -
? Globolaxtorum "sp. A", Globolaxtorum tozeri
? Globolaxtorum "sp. A" Carter 1993 radiolarian
Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Praecitriduma apexensis, Livarella valida, Livarella densiporata
Praecitriduma apexensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum cf. triassicum, Canoptum aff. unicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. unicum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum capitaneum, Laxtorum perfectum
Laxtorum capitaneum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Laxtorum perfectum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium keloense, Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium keloense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum omegaense
Paratriassoastrum omegaense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Paronaella beatricia, ? Bistarkum cylindratum
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Bistarkum cylindratum Carter 1993 radiolarian