87-CNA-SKUD-3 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

• 4x8 cm micrite concretion 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 94747: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria -
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A"
Kahlerosphaera "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum, Ferresium "sp. B"
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. B" Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis, Kozurastrum sandspitense
"Kozurastrum huxleyense" = Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 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 -
Nassellaria "indet. B"
Nassellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella trispinosa n. sp." = Nabolella trispinosa
"? Squinabolella trispinosa n. sp." = Nabolella trispinosa 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 - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B", Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus orchardi
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata, Livarella aff. gifuensis
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Livarella aff. gifuensis Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. A", Betraccium "sp. C", Betraccium perilense, Betraccium inornatum, Pantanellium newkluense, Pantanellium aff. skidegatense, Pantanellium aff. fosteri, Pantanellium aff. kungaense, Cantalum "sp. A", Cantalum tianense
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium perilense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
Pantanellium newkluense 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
Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Cantalum tianense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. A", Plafkerium "sp. B", Plafkerium fidicularium, Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium fidicularium Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella "sp. B", Crucella "sp. C", ? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense n. sp.
Crucella "sp. B" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella "sp. C" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense, Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella clara, Fontinella habros, Fontinella inflata
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella clara Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella pacofiensis
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A"
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian