Borehole 1439/2, Athboy, 410 m: Holkerian, Ireland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Globospiroplectammina sp.
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Koninckopora tenuiramosa
unclassified
Viseidiscus ? umbogmaensis
Pseudolituotubidae
Pseudolituotuba gravata
Staffellidae
Pseudoendothyra sublimis
Eostaffellidae
Eostaffella cf. parastruvei
Ozawainellidae
Eoparastaffella simplex Vdovenko 1954
Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
Archaediscidae
Archaediscus involutus
Archaediscus concavus
Archaediscus (Nodosarchaediscus) sp.
Archaediscus varsanofievae
Archaediscus stilus
Archaediscus chernoussovensis
Archaediscus cf. karreri
Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis ? conica
Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella cf. conciliata
see common names

Geography
Country:Ireland County:Meath
Coordinates: 53.6° North, 6.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.6° South, 2.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Holkerian
Age range of interval:346.70000 - 340.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Fingal Formation:Lucan Member:7
Local section:1439/2 Local bed:410 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 343.2-482 m
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: graded, laminated packstones and spiculitic wackestones alternating with bioturbated micrites and thin shales
Environment:slope
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:78344
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-02-04 02:06:27 Last modified:2008-02-04 04:06:27
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-04 02:06:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26354.1% 5820P. 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]