87-CNA-SKUD-9 Kunga Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Xiphostylidae
Archaeocenosphaera informal sp. B Pessagno et al. 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Nassellaria informal indet. B Ehrenberg 1875
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
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
Squinabolella aff. desrochersi Carter 1993
recombined as Nabolella desrochersi
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
? Canutus informal sp. A Pessagno and Whalen 1982
? Canutus beehivensis n. sp. Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum perfectum Carter 1993
Laxtorum capitaneum n. sp. Carter 1993
Laxtorum porterheadense n. sp. Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
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
Globolaxtorum cristatum n. sp. Carter 1993
Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981
Praecitriduma apexensis Carter 1993
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Pseudoacanthocircus troegeri Kozur and Mostler 1990
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
? Entactinosphaera amphilaphes Carter 1993
? Entactinosphaera aff. simoni Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Kungalariidae
Entactiniidae indet. Riedel 1967
    = Kungalaria newcombi
Dumitrica and Carter 1999
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Ferresium informal sp. C Blome 1984
Ferresium teekwoonense Carter 1993
Ferresium conclusum n. sp. Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993
? Bistarkum cylindratum Carter 1993
Risella informal sp. A Carter 1993
replaced by Serilla
Risella stalkungiensis Carter 1993
Risella ellisensis Carter 1993
Risella tangilensis n. sp. Carter 1993
Risella tledoensis Carter 1993
recombined as Serilla tledoensis
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Relindellidae
? Pentaspongodiscus dihexacanthus Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
? Haliomma sewellense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
? Icrioma informal sp. A De Wever 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Betraccium informal sp. C Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium informal sp. E Pessagno et al. 1979
Betraccium kennecottense Carter 1993
Betraccium inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium cf. inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium aff. inornatum Blome 1984
Betraccium nodulum n. sp. Carter 1993
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Fontinella inflata Carter 1993
Fontinella clara Carter 1993
Fontinella louisensis Carter 1993
Fontinella habros Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Parasaturnalidae
Liassosaturnalis aff. parvus Kozur and Mostler 1990
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Paratriassoastrum informal sp. A Kozur and Mostler 1981
Paratriassoastrum crassum Carter 1993
Paratriassoastrum omegaense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
? Crucella informal sp. A Pessagno 1971
Crucella informal sp. C Pessagno 1971
Tetraporobrachia informal sp. D Kozur and Mostler 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium informal sp. A Pessagno et al. 1979
Plafkerium fidicularium Carter 1993
Plafkerium gadoense Carter 1993
Plafkerium keloense n. sp. 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 Zone: Globolaxtorum tozeri
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:SKUD Local bed:56 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: micrite nodule (15x25 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:94759
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel, W. Kiessling
Modifier:A. Kocsis Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-03-10 06:02:37 Last modified:2012-07-10 05:14:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-03-10 06:02:37
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]

Secondary references:

32441 P. Dumitrica and E. S. Carter. 1999. Family Kungalariidae, n fam, new Mesozoic entactinarian Radiolaria with a nassellarian-type initial spicule. Micropaleontology 45(3):418-428 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]