Fields Creek, FC49: Norian, Oregon

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Multiarcusellidae
Quadrisaturnalis quadratus Yeh 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Triassocampe exilis n. sp. Yeh 1989
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Poulpus informal sp. D De Wever 1979
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Syringocapsa turgida Blome 1984
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetratrabs informal sp. A Baumgartner 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Renzium informal sp. A Blome 1983
Renzium webergorum Blome 1983
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Praeconocaryomma informal sp. B Pessagno 1976
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oregon County:Grant
Coordinates: 44.1° North, 119.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.9° North, 55.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Norian
Age range of interval:227.00000 - 208.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Aldrich Mountains Formation:Fields Creek
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Corum parvum assemblage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: black shales
Environment:deep-water indet.
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:96131
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2010-05-19 00:48:41 Last modified:2010-05-19 03:48:41
Access level:the public Released:2010-05-19 00:48:41
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32609. K. Y. Yeh. 1989. Studies of Radiolaria from the Fields Creek Formation, east-central Oregon, USA. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science 1:43-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]