Bricklieve Mountains, junceum beds, coral biostromes (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 3647

Where: Ireland (54.1° N, 8.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cf6γ other zone, Upper Member (Bricklieve Limestone Formation), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• 3 junceum beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• coral biostromes, 1-2 m thick

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: P. Cozar, I. D. Somerville, M. Aretz and H. G. Herbig. 2005. Biostratigraphical dating of Upper Visean limestones (NW Ireland) using foraminiferans, calcareous algae and rugose corals. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 23:1-23 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76713: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sinustacheoides meandriformis, Amarellina huvelinii
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp.
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
Pseudostacheoides loomisi
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Pseudostacheoides loomisi
Pseudostacheoides loomisi Petryk and Mamet 1972
Stacheinaceae
  - Stacheinaceae
Epistacheoides sp.
Epistacheoides sp. Petryk and Mamet 1972
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Neoprincipia sp.
Neoprincipia sp. Cozar and Vachard 2003
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Stacheoides sp.
Stacheoides sp. Cummings 1955
Rhodophyceae
  - Aoujgaliaceae
Aoujgalia sp., Mametella skimoensis, Fourstonella sp.
Aoujgalia sp. Termier and Termier 1950
Fourstonella sp. Cummings 1955
Foraminifera
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Viseidiscus sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella youngi
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Fusulinoidea - Eostaffellidae
Mediocris sp.
Mediocris sp. Rozovskaya 1961
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
Pseudoendothyra sublimis, Pseudoendothyra sp.
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyranopsis crassa, Endothyra sp., Globoendothyra sp., Omphalotis sp., Endostaffella shamordini, Pojarkovella efremovi
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Archaediscus concavus, Archaediscus angulatus, Nodasperodiscus sp., Asteroarchaediscus sp., Neoarchaediscus sp.
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
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Pseudotaxis sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Pseudozaphrentoides juddi
 Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum archiaci
Caninophyllum archiaci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1852 horn coral
 Stauriida - Petalaxidae
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus
"Lithostrotion maccoyanum" = Petalaxis maccoyanus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron ? irregulare, Siphonodendron pauciradiale, Siphonodendron junceum, Lithostrotion decipiens
Siphonodendron ? irregulare Phillips 1836 horn coral
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
Siphonodendron junceum Fleming 1828 horn coral
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum garwoodi