Sheena shale (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (54.4° N, 7.9° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° S, 0.1° E)

When: Sheena Shale Member (Bellavally Formation), Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)

• Initially misspelled Bellawally; BGS gives this as Brigantian (https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?pub=SSHM)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Brandon. 1972. The upper Visean and Namurian Shales of the Doagh Outlier, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Irish Naturalists' Journal 17(5):159-170 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211904: authorized by William Foster, entered by William Foster on 30.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp.
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Soleniscus intermedia, Soleniscus turgida
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Glabrocingulum sp.
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp.
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Brachycycloceratidae
Brachycycloceras sp.
Brachycycloceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
Muensteroceras sp.
Muensteroceras sp. Hyatt 1884 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp., Goniatites concentricus, Goniatites spirifer, Goniatites falcatus, Goniatites cf. warslowensis, Goniatites striatus
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
Goniatites concentricus Hodson and Moore 1959 ammonite
Goniatites spirifer Roemer 1850 ammonite
Goniatites falcatus Roemer 1850 ammonite
Goniatites cf. warslowensis Bisat 1957 ammonite
Goniatites striatus Sowerby 1814 ammonite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
""Pseudamusium" sp." = Amusium (Pseudamussium)
""Pseudamusium" sp." = Amusium (Pseudamussium) Adams and Adams scallop
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Posidonia becheri
Posidonia becheri Bronn 1828 oyster
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo ? laevirostris
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nuculopsis ? ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi
"Nuculopsis ? ventricosa" = Nuculopsis girtyi Schenck 1934 nut clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp.
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia aff. glabra
Martinia aff. glabra Sowerby 1821
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes hardrensis
 Productida - Productidae
Dictyoclostus sp.
Dictyoclostus sp. Muir-Wood 1930