89-CNA-SKUD-26 Kunga Island: Rhaetian, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Spumellaria informal indet. X Ehrenberg 1875
Paratriassoastrum sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Pseudohagiastrum monstruosum Pessagno 1979
Crucella informal sp. A Pessagno 1971
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Cantalum gratum Carter 1993
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
Icrioma informal sp. A De Wever 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Loupanus thompsoni Carter 1993
Risella tledoensis Carter 1993
recombined as Serilla tledoensis
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Plafkerium sp. Pessagno et al. 1979
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Tipperella kennecottensis Longridge et al. 2007
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Kungalariidae
Kungalaria newcombi
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Eptingium oneismos
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Mesosaturnalis acuminatus Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Canoptidae
Laxtorum sp. Blome 1984
Laxtorum perfectum Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum cf. unicum Pessagno and Whalen 1982
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Globolaxtorum informal sp. A Carter 1993
Globolaxtorum tozeri Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Livarella sp. Kozur and Mostler 1981
Livarella valida Yoshida 1986
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
Squinabolella informal sp. C Kozur and Mostler 1979
replaced by Nabolella
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Deflandrecyrtium sp. Kozur and Mostler 1979
Deflandrecyrtium nobense Carter 1993
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Canutus beehivensis 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
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Kunga Formation:Sandilands
Local section:SKUD Local bed:80.75 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: limestone concretion in sandstone/siltstone/shale
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:97492
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-08-03 08:30:03 Last modified:2010-08-03 11:30:03
Access level:authorizer only Released:2012-08-03 08:30:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33255. L. M. Longridge, E. S. Carter, P. L. Smith and H. W. Tipper. 2007. Early Hettangian ammonites and radiolarians from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia and their bearing on the definition of the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 244:142-169 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]