89-CNA-SKUD-13 Kunga Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium onesimos Carter 1993
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993
Ferresium conclusum Carter 1993
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Kozurastrum informal sp. B De Wever 1984
synonym of Hexasaturnalis
Kozurastrum aff. sandspitense (Blome 1984)
Kozurastrum gracilis (Kozur and Mostler 1972)
recombined as Praemesosaturnalis gracilis
Kozurastrum huxleyense Carter 1993
recombined as Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus cf. sevaticus Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Nassellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Citriduma informal sp. C De Wever 1982
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981
Praecitriduma apexensis Carter 1993
Praecitriduma mostleri Kozur 1984
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Proparvicingula moniliformis Carter 1993
Canoptum informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Canoptum informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Canoptum cf. triassicum Yao 1982
Canoptum aff. dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum porterheadense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
Squinabolella desrochersi Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella desrochersi
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Globolaxtorum cristatum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus informal sp. A Pessagno and Whalen 1982
? Canutus ingrahamensis Carter 1993
? Canutus beehivensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1989
Archaeocenosphaera aff. laseekensis Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Spumellaria informal indet. C Ehrenberg 1875
Paratriassoastrum informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1981
Paratriassoastrum informal sp. B Kozur and Mostler 1981
Paratriassoastrum crassum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Cantalum informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1979
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993
Betraccium kennecottense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Bistarkum cylindratum n. sp. Carter 1993
? Paronaella beatricia Carter 1993
Paronaella ultrabifida Carter 1993
Paronaella yaogusensis Carter 1993
Risella ellisensis Carter 1993
Risella tledoensis Carter 1993
recombined as Serilla tledoensis
Loupanus informal sp. A Carter 1993
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Triassocrucella aff. triassicum (Kozur and Mostler 1978)
recombined as Triassocrucella triassica
Protozoa - Spumellaria
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium fidicularium Carter 1993
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Pseudohagiastrum informal sp. A Pessagno 1979
? Pseudohagiastrum tasuense Carter 1993
Crucella flowerpotensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma informal sp. A De Wever 1979
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 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:SKUD Local bed:47.1 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: 2 small nodules (4x12 cm) 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:94755
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 05:54:16 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:19:58
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 05:54:16
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]