90-SPU-8 Sadler Point, Graham Island (Triassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (54.1° N, 133.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 121.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: primitius conodont zone, Peril Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• sample 90-SPU-8, Macrolobatus ammonite zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified lime mudstone

• radiolarian-rich calcilutite, often in nodules

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: E. S. Carter and M. J. Orchard. 2000. Intercalibrated conodont-radiolarian biostratigraphy and potential datums for the Carnian-Norian boundary within the Upper Triassic Peril Formation, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research A7:1-11 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95572: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
"Poulpus carcharus" = Poulpus, "Poulpus "sp. B"" = Poulpus, Poulpus phasmatodes, "Veghia "sp. A"" = Poulpus
"Poulpus carcharus" = Poulpus radiolarian
"Poulpus "sp. B"" = Poulpus De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Poulpus phasmatodes De Wever 1979 radiolarian
"Veghia "sp. A"" = Poulpus De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Multimonilis pulcher Yeh 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Trialatus "sp. B" Yeh 1990 radiolarian