Borehole 1439/2, Athboy, 165 m: Asbian, Ireland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Globospiroplectammina sp.
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Chlorophyceae
- Dasycladales
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Koninckopora tenuiramosa
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Tetrataxidae
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Tetrataxis conica
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Valvulinellidae
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Valvulinella cf. conciliata
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Valvulinella latissima
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Staffellidae
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Pseudoendothyra sublimis
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Pseudoendothyra composita
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Pseudoendothyra composita
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Pseudoendothyra struvei
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Eostaffellidae
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Eostaffella mosquensis
Vissarionova 1948
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Archaediscidae
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Asteroarchaediscus sp.
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Archaediscus concavus
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Archaediscus (Nodosarchaediscus) sp.
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Archaediscus varsanofievae
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Archaediscus chernoussovensis
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Archaediscus angulatus
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Archaediscus karreri
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Pseudolituotubidae
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Pseudolituotuba gravata
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Pseudoammodiscidae
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Pseudoammodiscus sp.
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Palaeotextulariidae
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Cribrostomum sp.
Moeller 1879
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unclassified
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Lituotubella glomospiroides
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Lituotubella glomospiroides
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Howchinia bradyana
(Howchin 1888)
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Viseidiscus umbogmaensis
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Gigasbia gigas
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Geography
| Country: | Ireland | County: | Meath |
| Coordinates: | 53.6° North, 6.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.6° South, 1.5° 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: | Asbian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 340.20000 - 336.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified "shale" |
| Lithology description: great variety of limestone types (micrites, laminated wackestones, coarse grainstones, sandy oolitic limestones) interbedded with thick shales | |
| Environment: | deep subtidal shelf |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | core,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78347 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate,micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2008-02-04 02:59:43 | Last modified: | 2008-02-04 04:59:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-04 02:59:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26354. | 1% 5820 | P. 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] |