Feltrim Hill, Waulsortian buildup, basal shales (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 437

Where: Ireland (53.4° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° S, 2.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zaphrentites other zone, Feltrim Formation, Ivorian (353.8 - 346.7 Ma)

• Late Courceyan, Upper Zaphrentis Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified shale

• basal shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R. G. S. Hudson, M. J. Clarke, and G.D. Sevastopulo. 1966. A detailed account of the fauna and age of a Waulsortian Reef Knoll Limestone and associated shales, Feltrim, Co., Dublin. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, series A 2(16):251-272 [G. Webster/G. Webster/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76497: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Phillipsia ex gr. gemmulifera Phillips 1836 trilobite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
 Pectinida - Limipectinidae
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Syncyclonema sowerbyi" = Pernopecten sowerbyi
"Syncyclonema sowerbyi" = Pernopecten sowerbyi M'Coy 1844 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Actinoconchus paradoxus, "Actinoconchus cf. lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa
"Actinoconchus cf. lamellosus" = Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
"Spirifer (Unispirifer) tornacensis" = Atylephorus tornacensis
"Spirifer (Unispirifer) tornacensis" = Atylephorus tornacensis de Koninck 1883
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productidae
 Productida - Productellidae
Krotovia aculeata Sowerby 1814
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
 Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae
Heterophyllia sp. McCoy 1849