Borehole 1439/2, Athboy, 1135 m (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (53.6° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 2.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 1 Member (Lucan Formation), Arundian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• 1103.7-1170.5 m, unit 1 = Tara Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• corse-grained, poorly-sorted breccias; coarse-grained massive crinoidal grain/packstones, passing into laminated packstones, wackestones and striped mudstones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. Strogen, G. L. Jones, and I. D. Somerville. 1990. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) boreholes from west county Meath, Ireland. Geological Journal 25:103-137 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78293: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Koninckopora "sp. A", Koninckopora tenuiramosa
Foraminifera
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis conica
 Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella tchotchiai
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
Eoparastaffella simplex
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Glomodiscus sp., Planoarchaediscus concinnus, Uralodiscus rotundus, Archaediscus involutus
 Fusulinina - Palaeospiroplectamminidae
Eotextularia diversa, Palaeospiroplectammina sp.
 Fusulinina - Pseudolituotubidae
Pseudolituotuba gravata
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
? Brunsia pseudopulchra