89-CNA-SKUB-19 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

• 8x12 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 94736: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum beattiense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum huxleyense n. sp." = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Citriduma "sp. C" De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Praecitriduma canthofistula Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"Squinabolella desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi, "Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella, "Squinabolella causia" = Nabolella causia, "Squinabolella aff. causia" = Nabolella causia, "? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa
"Squinabolella desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
"Squinabolella causia" = Nabolella causia Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Squinabolella aff. causia" = Nabolella causia Carter 1993 radiolarian
"? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Spumellaria "indet. C" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus "sp. A" 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 -
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraporobrachia "sp. C" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Crucella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella "sp. C" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993 radiolarian