Borehole 1439/2, Athboy, 333 m (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (53.6° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° S, 2.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 8 Member (Lucan Formation), Holkerian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• 322.5-343.2 m

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified shale

• upper slope
• coarser limestones and polymict breccias in the lower part, laminated wackestones and fine-grained packstones interbedded with micrites and shales

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 78345: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Koninckopora tenuiramosa
Foraminifera
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
? Planoarchaediscus concinnus, Archaediscus angulatus
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
Brunsia sp.