Charlestown, Cloonnamna. Limestone Beds (Silurian of Ireland)

Where: Mayo, Ireland (54.0° N, 8.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 15.4° S, 72.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Monoclimacis crenulata graptolite zone, Uggool Limestone Member (Cloonnamna Formation), Telychian (438.5 - 433.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Nestor. 1999. Telychian (lower Silurian) Stromatoporoids from the Charlestown Inlier, co. Mayo, Ireland. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 17:115-121 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke/M. Nimke]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87225: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 11.03.2009, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

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Stromatoporoidea
 Labechiida - Rosenellidae
Pachystylostroma sp.
Pachystylostroma sp. Nestor 1964 stromatoporoid sponge
 Clathrodictyida - Gerronostromatidae
Petridiostroma cf. simplex, Gerronostroma juveneforme n. sp.
Petridiostroma cf. simplex stromatoporoid sponge
Gerronostroma juveneforme n. sp. Nestor 1999 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporida - Stromatoporidae
Eostromatopora ringerikensis
Eostromatopora ringerikensis stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae
Palaeocyclus ? porpita
Palaeocyclus ? porpita Linnaeus 1767 horn coral