Barrel Strand area, Unit 5 (Ordovician of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.1° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° S, 22.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tramore Limestone Formation, Aurelucian (458.4 - 456.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; nodular, argillaceous limestone and calcareous siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Liljeroth, D. A. T. Harper, H. Carlisle and A. T. Nielsen. 2017. Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane. Fossils and Strata (62)1-164 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188891: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 20.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Salopia gracilis Williams 1955
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Howellites hibernicus Liljeroth et al. 2017
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis leinsterensis Liljeroth et al. 2017
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
 Strophomenida - Plectambonitidae
Isophragma parallelum Liljeroth et al. 2017