89-CNA-SKUB-14 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

• 10x30 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 94731: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 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 - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum aff. kulense
Laxtorum aff. kulense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis, ? Canutus ingrahamensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A", Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B", Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B", Spumellaria "indet. E"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A"
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella ultrabifida, ? Paronaella beatricia, Paronaella yaogusensis, Paronaella pacofiensis, Paronaella bifida
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella habros
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum "sp. A", ? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense
? Pseudohagiastrum "sp. A" Pessagno 1979 radiolarian
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium fosteri, Pantanellium aff. fosteri, Cantalum tianense n. sp., Betraccium "sp. D", Betraccium inornatum
Pantanellium fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Cantalum tianense n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. D" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian