89-CNA-SKUD-25 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: Globolaxtorum tozeri other zone, Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• large irregular limestone lens (20x30 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 94763: 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 "sp. B"
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
Archaeocenosphaera "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata, Livarella valida
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum porterheadense
Laxtorum porterheadense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum "sp. B", Canoptum aff. unicum, Canoptum aff. dixoni
Canoptum "sp. B" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. unicum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos, Deflandrecyrtium nobense
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella
"Squinabolella "sp. C"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
? Globolaxtorum "sp. A", Globolaxtorum tozeri
? Globolaxtorum "sp. A" Carter 1993 radiolarian
Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense, Mesosaturnalis "sp. A", Mesosaturnalis acuminatus n. sp.
Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Mesosaturnalis acuminatus n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet., ? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni, ? Entactinosphaera spinulata
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium onesimos
? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "indet. B"
Spumellaria "indet. B" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Fontinella inflata, Fontinella habros
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993 radiolarian
Fontinella habros Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Crucella "sp. A"
? Crucella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A", Paratriassoastrum "sp. B", Paratriassoastrum omegaense
Paratriassoastrum "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Paratriassoastrum "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
Paratriassoastrum omegaense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis, "Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla, "Risella "sp. B"" = Serilla, ? Paronaella beatricia, ? Bistarkum cylindratum, Loupanus thompsoni
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian
"Risella "sp. B"" = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993 radiolarian
? Bistarkum cylindratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
? Haliomma sewellense
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium gadoense
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma "sp. A"
? Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium "sp. E", Betraccium nodulum, Betraccium kennecottense, Cantalum gratum
Betraccium "sp. E" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium nodulum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Betraccium kennecottense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata n. sp.
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata n. sp. Carter 1993 radiolarian