Carrane Hill, martini beds, coral biostrome: Asbian, Ireland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Eflugelia sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Haplolasma cf. densum
Cozar et al. 2005
Clisiophyllum sp. Dana 1846
Cozar et al. 2005
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Palaeosmiliidae
Palaeosmilia murchisoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Cozar et al. 2005
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron pauciradiale (McCoy 1844)
Cozar et al. 2005
Siphonodendron martini (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
Cozar et al. 2005
Siphonodendron scaleberense Nudds and Somerville 1987
Cozar et al. 2005
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum archiaci (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1852)
Cozar et al. 2005
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Siphonophyllia siblyi
Cozar et al. 2005
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
Cozar et al. 2005
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Cozar et al. 2005
Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Neoprincipia tethysiana
Cozar et al. 2005
Florideophyceae - Corallinales
Stacheoides sp. Cummings 1955
Cozar et al. 2005
Rhodophyceae - Aoujgaliaceae
Fourstonella sp. Cummings 1955
Cozar et al. 2005
Stacheia sp. Brady 1876
Cozar et al. 2005
Stacheinaceae
Epistacheoides sp. Petryk and Mamet 1972
Cozar et al. 2005
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
? Nanopora anglica Wood 1964
Cozar et al. 2005
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Koninckopora tenuiramosa
Cozar et al. 2005
unclassified
Pseudotaxis sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Eostaffellidae
Eostaffella sp. Rauser-Chernousova 1948
Cozar et al. 2005
Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Earlandiidae
Earlandia sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Archaediscidae
Nodasperodiscus sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Archaediscus angulatus
Cozar et al. 2005
? Neoarchaediscus sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Cozar et al. 2005
Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella youngi
Cozar et al. 2005
Endothyridae
Endothyranopsis sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Endothyra sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
Endostaffella shamordini
Cozar et al. 2005
Omphalotis sp.
Cozar et al. 2005
see common names

Geography
Country:Ireland County:Sligo
Coordinates: 54.1° North, 8.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° South, 2.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Asbian Other zone: Cf6γ
Age range of interval:340.20000 - 336.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bricklieve Limestone Member:Lower
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: martini beds, upper Lower Bricklieve Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified grainstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: coral biostrome
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3647
Database number:76710
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2007-11-29 04:34:33 Last modified:2020-02-04 13:20:00
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-29 04:34:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25935. M. Aretz. 2002. Habitatanalyse und Riffbildungspotential kolonialer rugoser Korallen im Unterkarbon (Mississippium) von Westeuropa [Habitat analyses and reef-building potential of colonial rugose corals from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) of western Europe]. Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie 10:1-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

25949 P. Cozar, I. D. Somerville, M. Aretz and H. G. Herbig. 2005. Biostratigraphical dating of Upper Visean limestones (NW Ireland) using foraminiferans, calcareous algae and rugose corals. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 23:1-23 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]