Carlow, biostrome, Bannagogle Quarry, Ireland (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 3278

Where: Carlow, Ireland (52.7° N, 7.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 0.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clogrenan Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 326.4 Ma)

• 19.8 m thick

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; packstone

• dark grey, crinoidal packestone

•unit 3 and 4

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core, quarrying, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: I. D. Somerville, P. Cózar, and S. Rodriguez. 2007. Late Visean rugose coral faunas from South-Eastern Ireland: composition, depositional setting and palaeoecology of Siphonodendron biostromes. In B. Hubann, W. E. Piller (eds.), Österr. Akad. Wiss. Schriftenr. Erdwiss. Komm 17:307-328 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79122: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 26.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Petalaxidae
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Dibunophyllum bipartitum McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
Siphonodendron junceum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Lithostrotion vorticale Parkinson 1808 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lonsdaleiidae
Lonsdaleia duplicata, "Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus)
Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809 horn coral
"Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) horn coral
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae