99-CNA-2.0 Kennecott Point, Graham Island (Jurassic of Canada)

Where: British Columbia, Canada (53.9° N, 133.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 128.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sandilands Formation (Kunga Group), Early/Lower Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• limestone concretion in sandstones/siltstones

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: L. M. Longridge, E. S. Carter, P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 2007. Early Hettangian ammonites and radiolarians from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia and their bearing on the definition of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244:142-169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 97487: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.08.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Relanus reefensis
Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Tozerium nascens
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia sp., Udalia primaeva
Udalia sp. Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium tanuense
Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian