Frederick Island (Triassic to of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.9° N, 133.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° N, 126.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: primitius conodont zone, Peril Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-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 95583: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus acanthicus Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Trialatus "sp. B" Yeh 1990 radiolarian
Trialatus robustus Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Trialatus aff. robustus Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum macoyense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Syringocapsa batodes De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Xipha nodosa radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudosaturniformidae
Pseudosaturniforma minuta Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Canesium lentum radiolarian
Canesium "sp. C" radiolarian
Canesium "sp. D" radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Ruesticyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
"Poulpus carcharus" = Poulpus, "Poulpus pansus" = Poulpus, "Poulpus "sp. B"" = Poulpus, "Annulopoulpus "sp. A"" = Poulpus, Poulpus phasmatodes, "Veghia "sp. A"" = Poulpus, Hozmadia "sp. A"
"Poulpus carcharus" = Poulpus radiolarian
"Poulpus pansus" = Poulpus radiolarian
"Poulpus "sp. B"" = Poulpus De Wever 1979 radiolarian
"Annulopoulpus "sp. A"" = Poulpus De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Poulpus phasmatodes De Wever 1979 radiolarian
"Veghia "sp. A"" = Poulpus De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Hozmadia "sp. A" Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bulbocyrtiidae
Bulbocyrtium tubum Yeh 1989 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Planispinocyrtiidae
Spinotriassocampe "sp. A" Kozur 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Corum perfectum radiolarian
Corum regium radiolarian
Corum speciosum radiolarian
Corum "sp. A" Blome 1984 radiolarian
Pachus longinquus Blome 1984 radiolarian
Latium paucum radiolarian
Castrum perornatum Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xiphothecaellidae
"Xiphotheca karpenissionensis" = Xiphothecaella karpenissionensis
"Xiphotheca karpenissionensis" = Xiphothecaella karpenissionensis De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sanfilippoellidae
Sanfilippoella "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Sanfilippoella "sp. D" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian