89-CNA-SKUD-1 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

• 7x35 cm flattened micrite nodule in thinly-bedded, hard siliceous siltstones

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 94744: 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 aff. laseekensis
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum aff. dixoni
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum aff. kulense
Laxtorum aff. kulense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus orchardi, ? Canutus beehivensis, ? Canutus ingrahamensis
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa
"? Squinabolella trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A", Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B"
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum sandspitense
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. E"
Spumellaria "indet. E" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma cistella
? Icrioma cistella Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraporobrachia composita, ? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense
Tetraporobrachia composita Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium aff. fosteri, Betraccium "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium inornatum
Pantanellium aff. fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian