86-OF-SKUB-10 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

• nodular layer (10x3 cm) 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 94726: 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 "sp. A", Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
? Bipedis "sp. A"
? Bipedis "sp. A" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum aff. dixoni, Proparvicingula moniliformis
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum aff. kulense
Laxtorum aff. kulense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Citriduma "sp. B", Livarella valida, Livarella densiporata
Citriduma "sp. B" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium "sp. A", Ferresium triquetrum
Ferresium "sp. A" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium triquetrum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum sandspitense, "Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni, ? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A", Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B", Spumellaria "indet. E"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella flowerpotensis, ? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense, Tetraporobrachia composita
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Tetraporobrachia composita Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella pacofiensis, ? Paronaella beatricia, Loupanus thompsoni
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Triassocrucella "sp. A", "Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica
Triassocrucella "sp. A" Kozur 1984 radiolarian
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. B", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium inornatum, Betraccium perilense
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
Betraccium perilense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A", ? Icrioma cistella n. sp.
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
? Icrioma cistella n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. A", Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella inflata, Fontinella primitiva, Fontinella habros
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella primitiva Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian