Rubik mine, A 49/2 (Triassic of Albania)

Where: Albania (41.8° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.2° N, 21.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, red chert

• red cherts

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: M. Chiari, M. Marcucci, G. Cortese, A. Ondrejickova, and A. Kodra. 1996. Triassic radiolarian assemblages in the Rubik area, and Cukali zone, Albania. Ofioliti 21(1):77-84 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess/M. Riess]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 53988: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 21.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Radiolaria - Ethmosphaeridae
Cenosphaera sp. Ehrenberg 1854 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Latium cf. paucum radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Eucyrtidium sp. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Yeharaia sp. Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
Triassocampe sp. Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
Triassocampe deweveri Nakaseko and Nishimura 1979 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
"Cenosphaera clathrata" = Archaeocenosphaera clathrata
"Cenosphaera clathrata" = Archaeocenosphaera clathrata Parona 1890 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Capnuchosphaera sp. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera cf. triassica De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Capnuchosphaera crassa Yeh 1990 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Spongostylus sp. Haeckel 1881 radiolarian