Where: Ireland (53.6° N, 6.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 1.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 9 Member (Lucan Formation), Holkerian to Holkerian (346.7 - 336.0 Ma)

• 212.7-322.5 m, unit 9c (212.7-227.5 m) = Athboy Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone and lithified, calcareous sandstone

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 78346: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2008

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