89-CNA-KPA-17 Kennecott Point, Graham Island: Rhaetian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Capnuchosphaeridae
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Plafkerium keloense
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Orbiculiformidae
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Orbiculiforma multibrachiata
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Angulobracchiidae
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Loupanus thompsoni
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pantanelliidae
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Cantalum gratum
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Paratriassoastrum omegaense
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Eptingiidae
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Ferresium informal sp. C
Blome 1984
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Parvicingulidae
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Canoptum aff. unicum
Pessagno and Whalen 1982
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Canoptidae
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Laxtorum perfectum
Carter 1993
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Laxtorum capitaneum
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
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Globolaxtorum cristatum
Carter 1993
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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 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Kunga | Formation: | Sandilands |
| Local section: | KPA | Local bed: | 66 m |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: small flattened nodules (5x15 cm) 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: | 94715 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2010-03-10 01:58:32 | Last modified: | 2010-03-10 03:58:32 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-03-10 01:58:32 |
| 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] |