Also known as Reef 3278
Where: Ireland (52.8° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.3° S, 0.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Clogrenan Formation, Brigantian (336.0 - 330.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: I. D. Somerville, P. Cozar, and S. Rodríguez. 2003. Late Viséan rugose coral faunas from south-eastern Ireland: composition, depositional setting and palaeoecology of Siphonodendron biostromes. Berichte des Institutes für Geologie und Paläontologie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 7:99 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34833: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 06.10.2003, edited by Falko Reichel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
Axophyllum densum horn coral
Axophyllum fungites horn coral | |
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral | |
Palastraea regia Phillips 1836 horn coral | |
Pseudozaphrentoides juddi horn coral | |
"Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus), Lonsdaleia duplicata
"Actinocyathus floriformis" = Lonsdaleia (Actinocyathus) horn coral
Lonsdaleia duplicata Martin 1809 horn coral | |
Diphyphyllum furcatum, Diphyphyllum lateseptatum, Siphonodendron pauciradiale, Siphonodendron irregulare, Siphonodendron junceum, Lithostrotion decipiens
Diphyphyllum furcatum horn coral
Diphyphyllum lateseptatum horn coral
Siphonodendron irregulare Phillips 1836 horn coral
Siphonodendron junceum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge | |
Strophomenata | |