Where: Albania (41.8° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Kalur Chert Formation, Early/Lower Bathonian (167.7 - 164.7 Ma)

• UAZ 5

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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 51355: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 03.06.2005