S2-1-89-CNA-SKUE-6 Kunga Island: Early/Lower Hettangian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia gibsoni Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Heptacladidae
Pseudoheptacladus informal sp. A Lahm 1984
synonym of Parentactinosphaera
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
Empirea informal sp. A Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Carter et al. 1998
Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990
Palaeosaturnalis prinevillensis (Blome 1984)
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Amuria impensa Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis elizabethae Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Nitrader informal sp. A Cordey and Carter 1996
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 131.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 126.9° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Hettangian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:SKUE Local bed:29.2 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: micrite concretion in hard, thinly-bedded siltstones
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:94290
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-16 05:29:05 Last modified:2010-02-16 07:29:05
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-16 05:29:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8989. E. S. Carter, P. A. Whalen, and J. Guex. 1998. Biochronology and paleontology of Lower Jurassic (Hettangian and Sinemurian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (496)1-162 [A. Miller/K. Layou/U. Merkel]