AL 120, Kalur, Albania: Early Callovian, Albania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiellidae
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Diacanthocapsidae
Theocapsomma costata Chiari et al. 2002
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Stichocapsa robusta Matsuoka 1984
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
Tricolocapsa conexa Matsuoka 1983
see common names

Geography
Country:Albania
Coordinates: 41.9° North, 19.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.3° North, 33.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period: Jurassic Epoch: Middle Jurassic
Stage: Callovian 10 m.y. bin: Jurassic 5
Key time interval: Early Callovian
Age range of interval: 165.3 - 161.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kalur Chert
Local section:Kalur Local bed:9 m
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: UAZ 6-7
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red lithified cherty/siliceous "shale"
Lithology description: Red siliceous shale
Environment:basinal (siliceous) Tectonic setting:deep ocean basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydroflouric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:51340
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2005-06-03 00:50:44 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-03 00:50:43
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
13660. M. Chiari, M. Marcucci, and M. Prela. 2002. New species of Jurassic radiolarians in the sedimentary cover of ophiolites in the Mirdita area, Albania. Micropaleontology 48(S1):61-87 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]