S8-3-QC-568 Kunga Island: Late/Upper Hettangian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum triumphense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Ectonocorys sp. Foreman 1968
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Protokatroma aquila Carter et al. 1998
Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Nitrader informal sp. A Cordey and Carter 1996
Canoptum unicum Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Atalanta epaphrodita Cordey and Carter 1996
recombined as Atalantria epaphrodita
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Relanus reefensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Laxtorum hemingense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis hannai Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Quinquecapsulariidae
Empirea informal sp. A Carter et al. 1998
Empirea hasta Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Tozerium nascens Carter et al. 1998
Charlottea weedensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus Kozur and Mostler 1990
Praehexasaturnalis poultoni Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Parentactinia carteri Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Heptacladidae
Pseudoheptacladus informal sp. A Lahm 1984
synonym of Parentactinosphaera
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium danaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium tanuense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium browni Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium kluense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Udalia parvacapsa Carter et al. 1998
Udalia primaeva Carter et al. 1998
Udalia plana Carter et al. 1998
Udalia dennisoni Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella ravenensis Carter et al. 1998
Paronaella skenaensis Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia magnaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia gibsoni Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia minutaglobus Carter et al. 1998
Thurstonia timberensis Carter et al. 1998
Danubea howardi Carter et al. 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 131.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.2° 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:Late/Upper Hettangian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:Kunga Island 8 Local bed:64.9 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: dark grey micritic limestone nodule 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:94376
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, J. Pálfy Enterer:U. Merkel, A. Kocsis
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-18 02:34:07 Last modified:2010-02-18 04:34:07
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-18 02:34:07
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:

8792 E. A. Pessagno, Jr. and P.A. Whalen. 1982. Lower and Middle Jurassic Radiolaria (multicyrtid Nassellariina) from California, east-central Oregon and the Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. Micropaleontology 28(2):111-169 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]