CR90-165 Busuanga Island (Triassic of Philippines)

Where: Palawan, Philippines (12.1° N, 120.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 123.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• late Early Rhaetian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified chert

• 2 cm thick red chert layer in a bedded chert block

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: K. Y. Yeh and Y. N. Cheng. 1996. An Upper Triassic (Rhaetian) radiolarian assemblage from Busuanga Island, Philippines. Bulletin of National Museum of Natural Science 7:1-43 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95145: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria -
Spumellaria indet. radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hexaporobrachiidae
Icrioma "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Icrioma cf. tetrancistrum De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Capnuchosphaeridae indet. De Wever 1979 radiolarian
Sarla "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis, "Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla, "Risella "sp. B"" = Serilla, Paronaella "sp. A", Paronaella "sp. B"
"Risella tledoensis" = Serilla tledoensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
"Risella "sp. A"" = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian
"Risella "sp. B"" = Serilla Carter 2007 radiolarian
Paronaella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Paronaella "sp. B" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium newkluense Carter 1993 radiolarian
Pantanellium ultrasincerum Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Betraccium "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Betraccium chengi Yeh 1992 radiolarian
Betraccium deweveri Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
Cantalum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Hagiastridae "indet. A" Riedel 1971 radiolarian
Hagiastridae "indet. B" Riedel 1971 radiolarian
Crucella "sp. A" Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Paratriassoastrum parvum Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus "sp. A" Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus cf. finchi Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus decilobum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus huxleyensis Carter 1993 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus rugosus Yeh 1990 radiolarian
Pseudoheliodiscus cf. bifidus Kozur and Mostler 1972 radiolarian
"Pseudoheliodiscus sandspitensis" = Kozurastrum sandspitense Blome 1984 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
? Eptingium amoenum Carter 1993 radiolarian
Ferresium philippinense n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Poulpidae
Poulpus "sp. A" De Wever 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Katroma "sp. A" Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Katroma "sp. B" Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Katroma hullae n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
Katroma aff. hullae Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum "sp. A" Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian
Canoptum triassicum Yao 1982 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Parabipedis pessagnoi n. gen. n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
Parabipedis aff. pessagnoi Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
Bipedis triassicus n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Nabolellidae
"? Squinabolella cf. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa, "? Squinabolella "sp. A"" = Nabolella, "? Squinabolella "sp. B"" = Nabolella
"? Squinabolella cf. trispinosa" = Nabolella trispinosa Carter 1993 radiolarian
"? Squinabolella "sp. A"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
"? Squinabolella "sp. B"" = Nabolella Petrushevskaya 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Deflandrecyrtiidae
Haeckelicyrtium "sp. A" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium "sp. B" Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium takemurai n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
Haeckelicyrtium karcharos Carter 1993 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium carterae n. sp. Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
Deflandrecyrtium cf. carterae Yeh and Cheng 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Livarellidae
Citriduma aff. asteroides Carter 1993 radiolarian
Livarella gifuensis Yoshida 1986 radiolarian
Livarella densiporata Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian