89-CNA-SKUB-5 Kunga Island: Rhaetian, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Nabolellidae
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? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa
Carter 1993
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| recombined as Nabolella trispinosa | |||||||
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Bagotidae
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Droltus orchardi
Carter 1993
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? Canutus beehivensis
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Canoptidae
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Laxtorum aff. kulense
Blome 1984
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Parvicingulidae
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Proparvicingula moniliformis
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Nassellaria
- Ultranaporidae
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Bipedis acrostylus
Bragin 1991
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Protozoa
- Entactinaria
- Saturnalidae
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Kozurastrum gracilis
(Kozur and Mostler 1972)
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| recombined as Praemesosaturnalis gracilis | |||||||
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Kozurastrum decilobum
Carter 1993
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| recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum | |||||||
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Kozurastrum huxleyense
Carter 1993
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| recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis | |||||||
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Kozurastrum sandspitense
(Blome 1984)
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Spumellaria informal indet. B
Ehrenberg 1875
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Hexaporobrachiidae
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? Icrioma cistella
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Pantanelliidae
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Betraccium inornatum
Blome 1984
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
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Fontinella louisensis
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Hagiastridae
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? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense
Carter 1993
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? Tetratrabs noricus
Carter 1993
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Protozoa
- Spumellaria
- Capnuchosphaeridae
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Plafkerium gadoense
Carter 1993
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 131.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.2° South, 126.8° 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: | SKUB | Local bed: | 31.7 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: 4x18 cm micrite 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: | 94724 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | A. Kocsis | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2010-03-10 04:23:26 | Last modified: | 2012-07-10 05:37:38 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-03-10 04:23:26 |
| 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] |