Where: British Columbia, Canada (52.8° N, 131.6° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 126.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Globolaxtorum tozeri zone, Sandilands Formation, Rhaetian (205.6 - 201.6 Ma)
• upper Rhaetian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, concretionary limestone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: original silica
Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,
Primary reference: E. S. Carter and R. S. Hori. 2005. Global correlation of the radiolarian faunal change across the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42(5):777-790 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 54202: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 27.09.2005