Where: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (54.6° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 27.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bardahessiagh Formation, Onnian to Onnian (453.0 - 449.2 Ma)
• The fossils come from unknown positions within the Bardahessiagh Formation (always spelled "Bardahessaigh Formation" by Evans, 1993). According to fig. 2 in Evans (1993) the Bardahessiagh Fm. spans the Rocklandian and Kirkfieldian stages.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: W. I. Mitchell. 1977. The Ordovician Brachiopoda from Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone. The Palaeontographical Society Monographs 130(545):1-138 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 163265: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 18.10.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Plectoglossa sp. Cooper 1956 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Eremotrema paucicostellatum Mitchell 1977
Paucicrura cristifera Cooper 1956
Dalmanella sculpta Cooper 1956 | |
Plaesiomys sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
Skenidioides cf. greenhoughi Reed 1917 | |
Strophomenata | |
Origostrophia fragilis Mitchell 1977 | |
Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828 | |
Anisopleurella anceps Mitchell 1977
Eochonetes celticus Mitchell 1977 | |
Bimuria sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942 | |
"Leangella discuneata" = Diambonia discuneata
"Leangella discuneata" = Diambonia discuneata Lamont 1935 | |
Chonetoidea radiatula Barrande 1879 | |
Vellamo sp. Opik 1930
Atelelasma sp. Cooper 1956 |