Bricklieve Mountains, junceum beds, coral biostromes: Asbian, Ireland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sinustacheoides meandriformis
Amarellina huvelinii
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae
Lithostrotion maccoyanum (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
recombined as Petalaxis maccoyanus
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Clisiophyllum garwoodi
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron junceum (Fleming 1828)
Siphonodendron pauciradiale (McCoy 1844)
Siphonodendron ? irregulare (Phillips 1836)
Lithostrotion decipiens (McCoy 1849)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum archiaci (Milne-Edwards and Haime 1852)
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Pseudozaphrentoides juddi
Cyanophyceae - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
Florideophyceae - Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Neoprincipia sp. Cozar and Vachard 2003
Florideophyceae - Corallinales
Stacheoides sp. Cummings 1955
Rhodophyceae - Aoujgaliaceae
Fourstonella sp. Cummings 1955
Aoujgalia sp. Termier and Termier 1950
Mametella skimoensis
Stacheinaceae
Epistacheoides sp. Petryk and Mamet 1972
unclassified
Pseudostacheoides loomisi Petryk and Mamet 1972
Viseidiscus sp.
Pseudotaxis sp.
Staffellidae
Pseudoendothyra sublimis
Pseudoendothyra sp.
Eostaffellidae
Mediocris sp. Rozovskaya 1961
Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
Archaediscidae
Nodasperodiscus sp.
Asteroarchaediscus sp.
Archaediscus concavus
Archaediscus angulatus
Neoarchaediscus sp.
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella youngi
Endothyridae
Endothyranopsis crassa
Endothyra sp.
Pojarkovella efremovi
Endostaffella shamordini
Globoendothyra sp.
Omphalotis sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Ireland County:Sligo
Coordinates: 54.1° North, 8.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.2° South, 2.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
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:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 3 junceum beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: coral biostromes, 1-2 m thick
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:76713
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2007-11-29 06:20:16 Last modified:2020-02-04 13:20:56
Access level:the public Released:2007-11-29 06:20:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]