87-CNA-SKUD-3 Kunga 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
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Nassellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Bipedis acrostylus Bragin 1991
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Droltus orchardi Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
? Squinabolella trispinosa n. sp. Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella trispinosa
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium informal sp. B Kozur and Mostler 1979
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella aff. gifuensis Yoshida 1986
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum sandspitense (Blome 1984)
Kozurastrum huxleyense Carter 1993
recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium informal sp. B Blome 1984
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Entactinaria
Kahlerosphaera informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma informal sp. A De Wever 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Plafkerium informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Plafkerium fidicularium Carter 1993
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993
Paronaella pacofiensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
Fontinella clara Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense n. sp. Carter 1993
Crucella informal sp. B Pessagno 1971
Crucella informal sp. C Pessagno 1971
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 tianense Carter 1993
Betraccium informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium informal sp. C Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium perilense Carter 1993
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:SKUD Local bed:11 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: 4x8 cm micrite concretion in thinly-bedded, hard siliceous siltstones
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:94747
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 05:31:54 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:28:13
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 05:31:54
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]