S10-4-87-CNA-KPB-4 Kennecott Point, Graham Island: Early/Lower Hettangian - Middle Hettangian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa
- Xiphostylidae
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Archaeocenosphaera laseekensis
Pessagno et al. 1989
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Amuria impensa
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Eucyrtidiidae
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Pseudoeucyrtis fullerensis
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Parvicingulidae
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Canoptum columbiaense
Carter et al. 1998
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Canoptum merum
Pessagno and Whalen 1982
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Atalanta epaphrodita
Cordey and Carter 1996
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recombined as Atalantria epaphrodita | |||||||
Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Canoptidae
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Relanus reefensis
Pessagno and Whalen 1982
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Quinquecapsulariidae
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Empirea hasta
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Eptingiidae
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Tozerium nascens
Carter et al. 1998
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Charlottea weedensis
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Saturnalidae
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Praehexasaturnalis tetraradiatus
Kozur and Mostler 1990
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Praehexasaturnalis poultoni
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Heptacladidae
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Pseudoheptacladus informal sp. A
Lahm 1984
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synonym of Parentactinosphaera | |||||||
Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Spumellaria informal indet. C
Ehrenberg 1875
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pantanelliidae
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Pantanellium tanuense
Pessagno and Blome 1980
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Hagiastridae
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Udalia primaeva
Carter et al. 1998
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Angulobracchiidae
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Paronaella ravenensis
Carter et al. 1998
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Paronaella skenaensis
Carter et al. 1998
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Thurstonia gibsoni
Carter et al. 1998
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Thurstonia minutaglobus
Carter et al. 1998
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
Coordinates: | 53.9° North, 133.2° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 0.8° South, 128.3° 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 - Middle Hettangian | ||
Age range of interval: | 201.40000 - 199.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Kunga | Formation: | Sandilands | ||
Local section: | KPB | Local bed: | 11.5 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: ?Lower to Middle Hettangian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
Lithology description: composite sample of dark grey limestone nodules (2x8 cm and 5x15 cm in diameter) in 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: | 94395 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | micropaleontology |
Created: | 2010-02-18 07:11:00 | Last modified: | 2010-02-18 09:11:00 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-02-18 07:11:00 |
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] |