87-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: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified limestone and lithified siltstone

• 4x20 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 94737: 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 aff. laseekensis
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. B"
Nassellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos n. sp., Haeckelicyrtium aff. karcharos
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium aff. karcharos Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"Squinabolella "sp. A"" = Nabolella, "Squinabolella desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi
"Squinabolella "sp. A"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
"Squinabolella desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus orchardi, ? Canutus ingrahamensis
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus ingrahamensis 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
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Praecitriduma mostleri, Praecitriduma canthofistula n. sp.
Praecitriduma mostleri Kozur 1984 radiolarian
Praecitriduma canthofistula n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, "Kozurastrum "sp. B"" = Hexasaturnalis, Kozurastrum beattiense, Kozurastrum sandspitense, Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Kozurastrum "sp. B"" = Hexasaturnalis Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Kozurastrum beattiense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A"
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera spinulata
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum, Ferresium "sp. A", Ferresium "sp. B", Ferresium teekwoonense
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. A" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. B" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus "sp. A", Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella bifida, Paronaella pacofiensis n. sp., Paronaella yaogusensis n. sp., Paronaella ultrabifida, ? Paronaella beatricia
Loupanus "sp. A" Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella pacofiensis n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella yaogusensis n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica
"Triassocrucella aff. triassicum" = Triassocrucella triassica Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A", ? Icrioma cistella
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
? Icrioma cistella Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium kennecottense, Betraccium aff. inornatum
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium kennecottense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella habros
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum "sp. A", Tetraporobrachia "sp. C"
? Pseudohagiastrum "sp. A" Pessagno 1979 radiolarian
Tetraporobrachia "sp. C" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. A", Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian