S6-5-86-OF-KUA-3 Kunga Island: Late/Upper Sinemurian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium skedansense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella jamesi Carter et al. 1998
recombined as Paronaella fera jamesi
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Beatricea christovalensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Veghicycliidae
? Praeorbiculiformella lomgonensis Carter et al. 1998
Praeorbiculiformella robusta Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Archaeohagiastrum pobi Carter et al. 1998
Hagiastrum majusculum Carter et al. 1998
Hagiastrum rudimentum Carter et al. 1998
Crucella cavata Carter et al. 1998
Sophia tuberis Carter et al. 1998
Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998
Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis rotundus Carter et al. 1998
Bipedis patricki Carter et al. 1998
Bipedis diadema Carter et al. 1998
? Napora graybayensis Pessagno et al. 1986
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum coronarium Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Wrangellium thurstonense Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma irvingi Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Farcidae
Farcus informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1986
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus laseekensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Droltus lyellensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Canutus blomei Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Canutus rockfishensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982
Protozoa - Leugeonidae
Leugeonidae informal indet. A Yang and Wang 1990
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Amuria macfarlanei Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea amurensis Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea triquetra Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum informal sp. A De Wever 1984
synonym of Hexasaturnalis
Mesosaturnalis aff. artus (Donofrio and Mostler 1978)
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 131.5° 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:KUA Local bed:20.5 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: parts of 2 thick limy lenses (30 cm x 3 m) in 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:94357
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-17 07:05:28 Last modified:2010-02-17 09:05:28
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-17 07:05:28
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]