RU 157, Shebaj, Albania (Jurassic to of Albania)

Where: Albania (41.8° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.8° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kalur Chert Formation, Late/Upper Bajocian to Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 164.7 Ma)

• UAZ 5

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Chert intercalation within pillow basalts

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51373: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella shebajensis n. sp. radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Trillus sp. Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
"Stichocapsa magnipora" = Quarticella magnipora, ? Syringocapsa sp.
"Stichocapsa magnipora" = Quarticella magnipora Chiari et al. 2002 radiolarian
? Syringocapsa sp. Neviani 1900 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Ristola altissima RĂ¼st 1885 radiolarian
s. l.
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
Unuma latusicostatus Aita 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
 Nassellaria - Xitidae