89-CNA-SKUB-15 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

• 3x10 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 94732: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names
Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis, Canoptum cf. triassicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella bifida, Paronaella ultrabifida, Risella ellisensis
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Risella ellisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium "sp. D", Pantanellium aff. skidegatense, Pantanellium newkluense, Cantalum "sp. B", Cantalum tianense
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. D" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum tianense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella primitiva, Fontinella louisensis
Fontinella primitiva Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian