Busuanga Island, BU770802-74 (Triassic of Philippines)

Where: Philippines (12.1° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 111.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Liminangcong Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• Busuanga chengi Assemblage

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

• bedded chert

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: K.-Y. Yeh. 1990. Taxonomic studies of Triassic radiolaria from Busuanga Island, Philippines. Bulletin of National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan (2)155-63 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess/M. Riess]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53995: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 21.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria "sp. A" Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
S. indet. gen. B sp. A
 Spumellaria -
? Stauracontium trispinosum radiolarian
S. trispinosum ladinicum
Stauracontium sp. Haeckel 1882 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae
Oertlispongus "sp. A" Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Oertlispongus sp. Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pentactinocarpidae
Pentactinocarpus sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Pentactinocarpus fusiformis Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Pentactinocarpus magnus Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Busuanga chengi radiolarian
Busuanga sp. Yeh 1990 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Palaeoscenidiidae
Parentactinia sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Parentactinia nakatsugawaensis Sashida 1983 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Hindeosphaeridae
Pseudostylosphaera compacta Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Pseudostylosphaera japonica Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Pseudostylosphaera longispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Multiarcusellidae
Tiborella magnidentata Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Eptingium sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Eptingium manfredi Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Pylostephanidium sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium "sp. A" Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium "sp. B" Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium sp. Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium japonicum Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Cryptostephanidium cornigerum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Hozmadia reticulata Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Yeharaia sp. Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Yeharaia elegans Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Triassocampe sp. Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Triassocampe deweveri Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Spongosilicarmigeridae
Spongosilicarmiger sp. Kozur 1984 radiolarian
Spongosilicarmiger italicus Kozur 1984 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeosemantidae
Archaeosemantis "sp. A" Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Archaeosemantis sp. Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian