Section 3, SM-80, Stanley Mountain, California: Late/Upper Tithonian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa
- Xiphostylidae
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Tripocyclia foremanae
Pessagno et al. 1989
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rare category | |||||||||
Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Parvicingulidae
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Praeparvicingula saltata
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Hull 1995 | common category | ||||||||
? Praeparvicingula nebulosa
Hull 1995
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Praeparvicingula gemmata
Hull 1995
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Parvicingula broqueta
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Hull 1995 | common category | ||||||||
Parvicingula obstinata
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Parvicingula aff. obstinata
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Hull 1995 | common category | ||||||||
Parvicingula whalenae
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Parvicingula bluefordae
Hull 1995
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Parvicingula turrita
(RĂ¼st 1898)
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Hull 1995 | abundant category | ||||||||
Parvicingula corona
Hull 1995
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Parvicingula blowi
Pessagno 1977
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Hull 1995 | rare category | ||||||||
Praeparvicingula aff. excelsa
(Pessagno and Blome 1984)
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Hull 1995 | common category | ||||||||
original and current combination Parvicingula excelsa | ||||||||||
Parvicingula gracila
Hull 1995
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Hull 1995 | abundant category | ||||||||
Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Williriedellidae
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Complexapora kozuri
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rare category | |||||||||
synonym of Zhamoidellum | ||||||||||
Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Hsuidae
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Hsuum naturale
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rare category | |||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Hagiastridae
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Higumastra dumitricai
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rare category | |||||||||
Crucella aff. messinae
Pessagno 1971
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rare category | |||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Tritrabidae
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Neoparonaella volatica
Hull 1997
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rare category | |||||||||
synonym of Neoparonaella delicata | ||||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Patulibracchiidae
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Homoeoparonaella glinesi
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rare category | |||||||||
Homoeoparonaella scurrae
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rare category | |||||||||
Homoeoparonaella elegans
(Pessagno 1977)
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rare category | |||||||||
ssp. yangi | ||||||||||
Patulibracchium sp.
(Pessagno 1971)
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rare category | |||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Emiluviidae
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Emiluvia fontana
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rare category | |||||||||
? Emiluvia pessagnoi
Foreman 1973
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rare category | |||||||||
ssp. multipora | ||||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Orbiculiformidae
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Orbiculiforma sp.
Pessagno 1973
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abundant category | |||||||||
Orbiculiforma teres
Hull 1997
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abundant category | |||||||||
recombined as Orbiculiformella teres | ||||||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Parvivaccidae
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Acastea dura
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common category | |||||||||
Acastea incontraria
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rare category | |||||||||
Acastea remusa
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rare category | |||||||||
Nolita ramosa
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rare category | |||||||||
Acusten ordinarius
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rare category | |||||||||
Parvivacca marina
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common category | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | California |
Coordinates: | 35.1° North, 120.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.5° North, 65.5° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | hand sample |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Late/Upper Jurassic |
Stage: | Tithonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 6 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Tithonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 146.30000 - 145.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Volcanopelagic Succession | Formation: | Unit 2 | ||
Local section: | Section 3 | Local bed: | 107.5 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Zone 4 alpha - revision of chronostratigraphic assignment based on Baumgartner 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: | common |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,hydrochloric,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Radiolarians only |
Metadata
Database number: | 50752 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | W. Kiessling |
Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | micropaleontology |
Created: | 2005-05-20 01:57:24 | Last modified: | 2005-05-20 04:59:53 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-05-20 01:57:24 |
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] |