87-CNA-SP-3/1 Louise Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993
Haeckelicyrtium aff. karcharos Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Praecitriduma mostleri Kozur 1984
Praecitriduma apexensis Carter 1993
Praecitriduma canthofistula Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum huxleyense Carter 1993
recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993
Ferresium informal sp. B Blome 1984
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993
Ferresium triquetrum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. A Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni n. gen., n. sp. Carter 1993
Paronaella bifida Carter 1993
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium informal sp. C Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984
Pantanellium aff. skidegatense Pessagno and Blome 1980
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993
Cantalum informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 53.0° North, 131.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.5° South, 71.2° 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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: zone information from Carter and Guex (1999)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Lithology description: small micrite nodule (3x30 cm) in 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:94742
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 05:10:17 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:22:27
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 05:10:17
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]