89-CNA-SKUB-19 Kunga Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Nassellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993
Canoptum informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
Squinabolella desrochersi Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella desrochersi
? Squinabolella aff. trispinosa Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella trispinosa
Squinabolella informal sp. C Kozur and Mostler 1979
replaced by Nabolella
Squinabolella causia Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella causia
Squinabolella aff. causia Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella causia
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993
Deflandrecyrtium informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1979
Deflandrecyrtium informal sp. B Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Praecitriduma canthofistula Carter 1993
Citriduma informal sp. C De Wever 1982
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri Kozur and Mostler 1990
Kozurastrum beattiense Carter 1993
Kozurastrum sandspitense (Blome 1984)
Mesosaturnalis informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1981
Mesosaturnalis informal sp. B Kozur and Mostler 1981
Kozurastrum huxleyense n. sp. Carter 1993
recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993
? Entactinosphaera spinulata Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. C Ehrenberg 1875
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Triassocrucella informal sp. A Kozur 1984
Triassocrucella aff. triassicum (Kozur and Mostler 1978)
recombined as Triassocrucella triassica
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus informal sp. A Carter 1993
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetraporobrachia informal sp. C Kozur and Mostler 1979
? Crucella informal sp. A Pessagno 1971
Crucella informal sp. C Pessagno 1971
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993
Pantanellium aff. kungaense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium aff. fosteri Pessagno and Blome 1980
Cantalum informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Cantalum informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993
Betraccium informal sp. C Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984
see common names

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:71.2 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: 8x12 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:94736
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 04:49:53 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:24:30
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 04:49:53
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]