89-CNA-SKUB-5 Kunga Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° S, 126.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Proparvicingula moniliformis other 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

• 4x18 cm micrite nodule 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 94724: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium inornatum
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Tetratrabs noricus, ? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense
? Tetratrabs noricus Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma cistella
? Icrioma cistella Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella louisensis
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum sandspitense, "Kozurastrum gracilis" = Praemesosaturnalis gracilis, "Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, "Kozurastrum decilobum" = Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum gracilis" = Praemesosaturnalis gracilis Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum decilobum" = Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis, Droltus orchardi
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum aff. kulense
Laxtorum aff. kulense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian