Balladoole (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Isle of Man, United Kingdom (54.1° N, 4.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 0.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gastrioceras hudsoni - Gastrioceras globostriatus ammonoid zone, Balladoole Formation (Great Scar Limestone Group), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• Formerly called Poolvash Limestone or Poyllvaaish Limestones; Gastrioceras hudsoni & Gastrioceras globostriatus ammonite zones = B2a-b. Base of Gnatodus bilineatus conodont zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Limestone, with interbedded subordinate claystone and siltstone at the top. Limestones vary from grainstone to packstone with bioherms of wackestone. Locally dolomitic. Limestones are typically grey and contain crinoids, brachiopods and corals. Large bioherms have been described up to 5m in height and 10m in width (Dickson et al.1987). Represents carbonate platform edge deposits. (From http://www.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=BOOL)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Weir. 1931. The British and Belgian Carboniferous Bellerophontidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 56(31):767-861 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147189: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods reported.
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Straparollus placidus" = Straparella placidus
"Straparollus placidus" = Straparella placidus de Koninck 1881 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Polytremariidae
Polytremaria beggi n. sp.
Polytremaria beggi n. sp. Weir 1925 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Murchisonia verneuiliana" = Donaldospira verneuiliana
"Murchisonia verneuiliana" = Donaldospira verneuiliana de Koninck 1844 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
"Glyptobasis pumila" = Cerithioides telescopium
"Glyptobasis pumila" = Cerithioides telescopium Haughton 1859 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Scalites ambiguus n. sp." = Marmolatella ambiguus
"Scalites ambiguus n. sp." = Marmolatella ambiguus Weir 1925 snail
 Cycloneritida - Trachyspiridae
"Naticopsis variata" = Trachydoma variata
"Naticopsis variata" = Trachydoma variata Phillips 1836 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Phanerotinus serpula
Phanerotinus serpula de Koninck 1843 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Tychonia omaliana
Tychonia omaliana de Koninck 1844 snail
 Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae
"Portlockia blanda" = Portlockiella blanda
"Portlockia blanda" = Portlockiella blanda de Koninck 1851 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Ptychomphalina tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis, "Scalites tabulatus" = Baylea tabulata
"Ptychomphalina tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis Phillips 1836 snail
"Scalites tabulatus" = Baylea tabulata Phillips 1836 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
"Mourlonia monensis n. sp." = Yochelsonospira monensis
"Mourlonia monensis n. sp." = Yochelsonospira monensis Weir 1925 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon hiulcus, Bellerophon tenuifascia, Bellerophon wrighti n. sp., "Bucaniopsis exilis" = Retispira exilis
Bellerophon hiulcus Sowerby 1825 snail
Bellerophon tenuifascia Sowerby 1825 snail
Bellerophon wrighti n. sp. Weir 1931 snail
"Bucaniopsis exilis" = Retispira exilis de Koninck 1883 snail