S4-8-86-OF-KUC-8 Kunga Island: Late/Upper Sinemurian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea proprietatis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea harbridgensis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea triquetra Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Mesosaturnalis aff. artus (Donofrio and Mostler 1978)
Protozoa - Leugeonidae
Leugeonidae informal indet. A Yang and Wang 1990
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Amuria macfarlanei Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Ectonocorys sp. Foreman 1968
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Foremania sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Droltus laseekensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Droltus firmus Carter et al. 1998
Broctus kuensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Bagotum erraticum Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Bagotum helmetense Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Farcidae
Farcus informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1986
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Ares moresbyensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Cuniculiformiidae
Cuniculiformis plinius De Wever 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum hemingense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998
Wrangellium thurstonense Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998
Katroma westermanni Carter et al. 1998
Katroma regina Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
? Napora graybayensis Pessagno et al. 1986
Bipedis rotundus Carter et al. 1998
Bipedis diadema Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella jamesi Carter et al. 1998
recombined as Paronaella fera jamesi
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae
Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium sixi Carter et al. 1998
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium skedansense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium carlense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Hagiastrum rudimentum Carter et al. 1998
Archaeohagiastrum pobi Carter et al. 1998
Archaeohagiastrum aff. pobi Carter et al. 1998
Sophia palfyi Carter et al. 1998
Crucella kaisunensis Carter et al. 1998
Crucella hettangica Kozur and Mostler 1990
Crucella cavata n. sp. Carter et al. 1998
Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998
Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella informal sp. A Baumgartner 1980
    = Homoeoparonaella lowryensis Whalen and Carter 2002
Whalen and Carter 2002
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 131.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.3° North, 126.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Sinemurian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
Key time interval:Late/Upper Sinemurian
Age range of interval:199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:KUC Local bed:89.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: early Upper Sinemurian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: composite limestone nodules, 5 cm and 25 cm in diameter within 20 cm, 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:94347
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Pálfy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Kocsis
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-17 02:25:29 Last modified:2010-02-17 04:25:29
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-17 02:25:29
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]

Secondary references:

8924 P. A. Whalen and E.S. Carter. 2002. Pliensbachian (Lower Jurassic) Radiolaria from Baja California Sur, Mexico. Micropaleontology 48(2):97-151 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]