S8-6-QC-575 Kunga Island: Early/Lower Sinemurian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea harbridgensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Heptacladidae
Pseudoheptacladus informal sp. A Lahm 1984
synonym of Parentactinosphaera
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae
? Ectonocorys sp. Foreman 1968
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Pseudoeucyrtis angusta Carter et al. 1998
Protokatroma informal sp. A Carter et al. 1998
synonym of Pseudoeucyrtis
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Trexus dodgensis Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Saitoum triumphense Carter et al. 1998
Saitoum coronarium n. sp. Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum columbiaense Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Ares sutherlandi Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus hecatensis Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
? Jacus anatiformis De Wever 1982
recombined as Anaticapitula anatiformis
Bipedis hannai Carter et al. 1998
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Thurstonia minutaglobus 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: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:Early/Lower Sinemurian
Age range of interval:199.50000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:Kunga Island 8 Local bed:119 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:94379
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-02-18 02:38:08 Last modified:2010-02-18 04:38:08
Access level:the public Released:2010-02-18 02:38:08
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]