Section 3, SM-67, Stanley Mountain, California: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Caneta hsui (Pessagno 1977)
Hull 1995 rare category
Mirifusus baileyi Pessagno 1977
Hull 1995 rare category
Parvicingula blowi Pessagno 1977
Hull 1995 rare category
Parvicingula cf. colemani Pessagno and Blome 1984
Hull 1995 rare category
Praeparvicingula excelsa (Pessagno and Blome 1984)
Hull 1995 rare category
original and current combination Parvicingula excelsa
Praeparvicingula aff. excelsa (Pessagno and Blome 1984)
Hull 1995 rare category
original and current combination Parvicingula excelsa
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California
Coordinates: 35.1° North, 120.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° North, 64.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Volcanopelagic Succession Formation:Unit 2
Local section:Section 3 Local bed:80 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Zone 3 alpha - revision of chronostratigraphic assignment based on Baumgarnter et al. (1995) and Kiessling et al. (1999)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown lithified cherty/siliceous mudstone
Lithology description: Reddish-brown siliceous mudstone
Environment:basinal (siliceous) Tectonic setting:deep ocean basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:few
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,hydrochloric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Radiolarians only
Metadata
Database number:50748
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2005-05-20 01:51:25 Last modified:2005-05-20 04:51:25
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-20 01:51:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13552. D. M. Hull. 1997. Upper Jurassic Tethyan and Southern Boreal radiolarians from western North America. Micropaleontology 43(S2):1-202 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

13556 D. M. Hull. 1995. Morphologic diversity and paleogeographic signficance of the family Parvicingulidae (Radiolaria). Micropaleontology 41:1-48 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]