Dunabrattin / Bunmahon area, Unit I-III (Ordovician of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.1° N, 7.3° W: paleocoordinates 54.5° S, 23.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); calcareous shale and argillaceous siltstone

• with bands of agrillaceous limestones

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 188926: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 21.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
 Orthida - Glyptorthidae
Glyptorthis crispa M'Coy 1846
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
Salopia gracilis Williams 1955
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Dactylogonia costellata Liljeroth et al. 2017
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
 Billingsellida - Clitambonitidae
Atelelasma longisulcum Liljeroth et al. 2017