PBDB Collection

Feltrim Hill, Waulsortian buildup, intra-reef shales (Carboniferous to of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 437

Where: Ireland (53.4° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 2.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caninia other zone, Feltrim Formation, Ivorian to Ivorian (353.8 - 340.0 Ma)

• Late Courceyan, Lower Caninia Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• very fossiliferous pyritic shales with rolled fragments of calcite mudstones and lenses of crinoidal calcarenites, 4 feet to 6 inches thick

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 76515: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
Proetida - Phillipsiidae	Cyrtosymbole sp., Phillipsia gemmulifera Cyrtosymbole sp. Richter 1913 trilobite Phillipsia gemmulifera Phillips 1836 trilobite
Deuteropoda
-	Ostracoda indet. Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Stenolaemata
Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae	Rhombopora sp. Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae	Fistulipora sp. Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae	Ptylopora pluma, Penniretepora sp., Ichthyorachis newenhami Ptylopora pluma Penniretepora sp. Ichthyorachis newenhami
Rhynchonellata
Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae	Brachythyris pinguis Brachythyris pinguis
Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae	Crurithyris cf. unguiculus Crurithyris cf. unguiculus
Spiriferida - Spiriferidae	"Spirifer (Unispirifer) cf. tornacensis" = Atylephorus tornacensis "Spirifer (Unispirifer) cf. tornacensis" = Atylephorus tornacensis de Koninck 1883
Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae	Tylothyris laminosa Tylothyris laminosa
Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae	Dielasma kingi, Dielasma sp., "Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides Dielasma kingi Dielasma sp. King 1856 "Dielasma hastatum" = Dielasma virgoides M'Coy 1844
Athyridida - Athyrididae	Cleiothyridina glabistria, Actinoconchus paradoxus Cleiothyridina glabistria Actinoconchus paradoxus
Orthida - Schizophoriidae	Schizophoria resupinata Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809
Orthida - Rhipidomellidae	Rhipidomella michelini Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae	"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus "Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
Strophomenata
Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae	Leptagonia analoga Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
Strophomenida - Anopliidae	Tornquistia aff. polita Tornquistia aff. polita
Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae	Plicochonetes burnsi, Plicochonetes elegans, Plicochonetes squamata Plicochonetes burnsi Plicochonetes elegans Plicochonetes squamata
Productida - Productidae	Buxtonia sp. Buxtonia sp.
Productida - Productellidae	Krotovia aculeata, Overtonia aff. fimbriata, Eomarginifera feltrimensis, Antiquatonia teres, Acanthoplecta mesoloba Krotovia aculeata Sowerby 1814 Overtonia aff. fimbriata Sowerby 1824 Eomarginifera feltrimensis Antiquatonia teres Acanthoplecta mesoloba
Productida - Echinoconchidae	Pustula interrupta, Pustula rugata, Pustula tenuipustulosa, Pustula sp. Pustula interrupta Pustula rugata Pustula tenuipustulosa Pustula sp.
Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae	Schuchertella wexfordensis Schuchertella wexfordensis
Lingulata
Lingulida - Lingulidae	Lingula sp., "Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797 "Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Lingulida - Discinidae	Orbiculoidea davreuxiana, Orbiculoidea nitida Orbiculoidea davreuxiana Orbiculoidea nitida
Gastropoda
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Straparollus (Euomphalus) pentangulatus Straparollus (Euomphalus) pentangulatus Sowerby 1814 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Platyceras vetusta Platyceras vetusta Sowerby 1829 snail
Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae	"Loxonema abbreviatum" = Eoptychia abbreviata "Loxonema abbreviatum" = Eoptychia abbreviata de Koninck 1881 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Mourlonia carinata Mourlonia carinata Sowerby 1813 snail
Cephalopoda
-	Cephalopoda indet. Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae	Thrincoceras hyatti, Discitoceras leveillianum Thrincoceras hyatti Foord 1900 Discitoceras leveillianum
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Limipectinidae	Acanthopecten tessellatus Acanthopecten tessellatus scallop
Pectinida - Streblochondriidae	Streblochondria anisota Streblochondria anisota Phillips 1836 scallop
Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae	Pterinopectinella granosa Pterinopectinella granosa scallop
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Aviculopecten forbesi, Aviculopecten sp. Aviculopecten forbesi scallop Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
Myalinida - Myalinidae	cf. Myalina verneuili cf. Myalina verneuili clam
Arcida - Parallelodontidae	Parallelodon bistriatus, Parallelodon cingulatus, Parallelodon cf. walciodorensis Parallelodon bistriatus clam Parallelodon cingulatus clam Parallelodon cf. walciodorensis clam
Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae	Edmondia sp. Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
Osteichthyes
Elonichthyiformes - Acrolepididae	? Acrolepis sp. ? Acrolepis sp. Agassiz 1833 ray-finned fish
Echinoidea
- Archaeocidaridae	Archaeocidaridae indet. Archaeocidaridae indet. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Crinoidea
Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae	Sampsonocrinus westheadi Sampsonocrinus westheadi Sea lily
Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae	Brahmacrinus ponderosus Brahmacrinus ponderosus Sea lily
Blastoidea
Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae	Orophocrinus praelongus Orophocrinus praelongus Bailey 1886 blastoid
Anthozoa
Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae	Heterophyllia cf. ornata Heterophyllia cf. ornata McCoy 1849
Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae	Cyathaxonia cornu Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
Stauriida - Laccophyllidae	"Amplexicarinia cravensis" = Amplexocarinia "Amplexicarinia cravensis" = Amplexocarinia horn coral
Stauriida - Amplexidae	Amplexus sp., Amplexus coralloides Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral
Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae	"Heptaphyllum gracile" = Meniscophyllum, Zaphrentites parallela "Heptaphyllum gracile" = Meniscophyllum horn coral Zaphrentites parallela horn coral
Stauriida - Antiphyllidae	Rotiphyllum sp., Fasciculophyllum omaluisi, Fasciculophyllum feltrimensis Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral Fasciculophyllum omaluisi horn coral Fasciculophyllum feltrimensis horn coral
Stauriida - Cyathopsidae	Caninia irregulare, Caninia cornucopiae Caninia irregulare horn coral Caninia cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral
Stauriida - Aulophyllidae	Rylstonia smythi Rylstonia smythi horn coral
Favositida - Palaeacidae	Palaeacis sp. Palaeacis sp. Haime 1857 tabulate coral
Auloporida - Pyrgiidae	Cladochonus crassus Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral