Bruckless, Donegal Bay: Chadian, Ireland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Intexalvichnus magnus
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Geography
| Country: | Ireland | State/province: | Donegal |
| Coordinates: | 54.6° North, 8.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.6° South, 3.4° West |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 |
| Key time interval: | Chadian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 346.7 - 340.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Shalwy | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Upper Shalwy Beds | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | siltstone |
| Environment: | estuary/bay |
| Geology comments: "A thick siliciclastic sequence representing deltaic to estuarine facies..." "[noted that the fossil is found in only a few areas] This restriction may reflect the nature of it's preferred environment (brackish)..." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Donegal Bay, Upper Shalwy Beds, Ireland | ||
| Database number: | 700 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-02-25 11:26:31 | Last modified: | 2024-08-05 15:09:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-25 11:26:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 21. | J. O. Buckman. 1997. An unusual new trace fossil from the lower Carboniferous of Ireland: Intexalvichnus magnus. Journal of Paleontology 71(2):316-324 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy] |