86-CNA-SP-1/1 Louise Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.0° N, 131.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 71.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Proparvicingula moniliformis 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

• small micrite nodule (4x20 cm) in 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 94741: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. A" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. B" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Ferresium triquetrum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium aff. laseekense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Kozurastrum "sp. B"" = Hexasaturnalis Kozur and Mostler 1983 radiolarian
Kozurastrum beattiense n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Nassellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
Nassellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Praecitriduma canthofistula Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Canoptum "sp. A" 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 desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
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 "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum aff. crassum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum tianense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Pantanellium newkluense n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. D" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium kennecottense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis n. gen. n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus "sp. A" Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian