89-CNA-SKUB-12 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

• 8x40 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 94729: 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. E"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella habros, Fontinella primitiva
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella primitiva Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense, Crucella "sp. C", Crucella flowerpotensis
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Crucella "sp. C" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium perilense, Betraccium inornatum, Pantanellium aff. skidegatense, Pantanellium newkluense
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium perilense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma cistella
? Icrioma cistella Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella bifida, Loupanus thompsoni
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. A", Plafkerium keloense, Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium keloense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Parasaturnalidae
Liassosaturnalis aff. parvus
Liassosaturnalis aff. parvus Kozur and Mostler 1990 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 -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A"
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum sandspitense, "Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis 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
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. B"
Nassellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum aff. kulense
Laxtorum aff. kulense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum cf. triassicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni, Proparvicingula moniliformis
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B", Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis, ? Canutus ingrahamensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993 radiolarian