87-CNA-KPA-8 Kennecott Point, Graham Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Cantalum tianense Carter 1993
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Bistarkum cylindratum Carter 1993
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma informal sp. A De Wever 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium aff. laseekense Blome 1984
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum decilobum Carter 1993
recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Nassellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
? Squinabolella trispinosa Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella trispinosa
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.9° North, 133.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.2° North, 128.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian Other zone: Proparvicingula moniliformis
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:KPA Local bed:26.5 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: zone information from Carter and Guex (1999)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: small miocrite nodule in thinly-bedded hard siliceous siltstone
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:94704
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 01:22:44 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:32:11
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 01:22:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32270. E. Carter. 1993. Biochronology and paleontology of uppermost Triassic (Rhaetian) radiolarians, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada. Memoires de Geologie 11:1-175 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]