87-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

• composite sample of 2 micrite nodules (75x5 cm, 30x5 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 94734: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A"
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum beattiense, Kozurastrum sandspitense
Kozurastrum beattiense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum, Ferresium "sp. B"
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. B" Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella bifida, Paronaella yaogusensis, Paronaella ultrabifida
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. D", Cantalum "sp. A", Cantalum "sp. B", Cantalum tianense
Betraccium "sp. D" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum tianense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella habros
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. B", Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian