89-CNA-SKUD-16 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 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

• nodular layer, sample is 15x50 cm, 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 94758: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

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 - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"Squinabolella aff. desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi
"Squinabolella aff. desrochersi" = Nabolella desrochersi Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum perfectum, Laxtorum capitaneum, Laxtorum porterheadense
Laxtorum perfectum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Laxtorum capitaneum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Laxtorum porterheadense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum "sp. A", Canoptum cf. triassicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Globolaxtorum cristatum
Globolaxtorum cristatum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata, Praecitriduma apexensis
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Praecitriduma apexensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri Kozur and Mostler 1990 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet.
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium onesimos, Ferresium "sp. C"
? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium "sp. C" Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. A"
Spumellaria "indet. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus "sp. A", Loupanus thompsoni, Paronaella ultrabifida, ? Paronaella beatricia, ? Bistarkum cylindratum, Risella ellisensis, "Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis
Loupanus "sp. A" Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Bistarkum cylindratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Risella ellisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. C", Pantanellium aff. skidegatense, Cantalum gratum
Betraccium "sp. C" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella clara, Fontinella louisensis, Fontinella habros
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella clara Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A", Paratriassoastrum crassum
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Paratriassoastrum crassum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraporobrachia "sp. D"
Tetraporobrachia "sp. D" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium "sp. B", Plafkerium fidicularium, Plafkerium gadoense, Plafkerium keloense
Plafkerium "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Plafkerium fidicularium Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Plafkerium keloense Carter 1993 radiolarian