Ediacaria booleyi, Booley Bay Fm., Wexford, Ireland - Crimes et. al 1995 (Cambrian of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.2° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 78.1° S, 35.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Booley Bay Formation (Ribband Group), Merioneth (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)

• Specimens found on the underside of sandstone layers interpretted as turbidites on a distal submarine fan in a basin.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified, gray sandstone and lithified, pebbly mudstone

• alternating grey sandstones or siltstones and shales with minor pebbly mudstones. The sandstone includes flute casts, groove casts, bounce marks, and load casts.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, original silica

Primary reference: T. P. Crimes, A. Insole, and B. P. J. Williams. 1995. A rigid-bodied Ediacaran biota from Upper Cambrian strata in Co. Wexford Erie. Geological Journal (30)89-109 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10689: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 11.06.2001

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Ediacaria
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Ediacaria booleyi n. sp.
Ediacaria booleyi n. sp. MacGabhann 2007