Feltrim Hill, Waulsortian buildup, cover shales (Carboniferous to of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 437

Where: Ireland (53.4° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° S, 1.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Feltrim Formation, Arundian to Arundian (346.7 - 340.0 Ma)

• Upper Caninia-Lower Seminula Zone

•JA: entered as Chadian, but the Upper Caninia Zone is Arundian and the Seminula Zone is Holkerian: see Lowe 1989 in Ford, Limestones and Caves of Wales

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified mudstone

• well-bedded, pyritic mudstones with subsidiary thin bands of crinoidal debris

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R. G. S. Hudson, M. J. Clarke, and G.D. Sevastopulo. 1966. A detailed account of the fauna and age of a Waulsortian Reef Knoll Limestone and associated shales, Feltrim, Co., Dublin. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, series A 2(16):251-272 [G. Webster/G. Webster/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76517: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coleolus
  - Coleolidae
? Coleolus sp. Hall 1879
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis axinoides tabulate coral
subsp. smythi
 Favositida - Favositidae
Emmonsia parasitica tabulate coral
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia grandis tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Pyrgiidae
Cladochonus crassus McCoy 1847 tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral
 Stauriida - Zaphrentidae
"Zaphrentis junctoseptata" = Zaphrenthis
"Zaphrentis junctoseptata" = Zaphrenthis horn coral
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
Cryptophyllum hibernicum, "Rhopalolasma sp." = Ufimia
Cryptophyllum hibernicum Carruthers 1919 horn coral
"Rhopalolasma sp." = Ufimia Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Antiphyllidae
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Zaphrentites sp. Hudson 1941 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia cornu Michelin 1846 horn coral
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
"Permia cf. cavernula" = Trochophyllum (Permia)
"Permia cf. cavernula" = Trochophyllum (Permia) horn coral
Conodonta
  -
Conodonta indet. Pander 1856 conodont
Pterobranchia
 Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
Blastoidea
 Fissiculata - Orophocrinidae
Orophocrinus praelongus Bailey 1886 blastoid
Orophocrinus celticus Macurda 1965 blastoid
? Orophocrinus verus Breimer and Macurda 1972 blastoid
 Fissiculata - Phaenoschismatidae
? Hadroblastus sp. Fay 1962 blastoid
Phaenoschisma acutum Sowerby 1836 blastoid
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae
 Monobathrida - Amphoracrinidae
Amphoracrinus gilbertsoni Sea lily
subsp. triangularis
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
Cyathocrinites sp. Miller 1821 Sea lily
"Cyathocrinites planus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily
 Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae
 Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae
 Disparida - Synbathocrinidae
Echinoidea
  - Archaeocidaridae
Archaeocidaridae indet. M'Coy 1844 sea urchin
Stenolaemata
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria
"Lingula mytiloides" = Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella michelini L'Eveille 1835
 Rhynchonellida - Pugnacidae
"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus
"Pugnax pugnus" = Propriopugnus pugnus Martin 1809
 Spiriferida - Brachythyrididae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Orthotetida - Pulsiidae
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
 Productida - Productellidae
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938 scallop
Streblochondria anisota Phillips 1836 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
 Pectinida - Pterinopectinidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Phanerotinus sp. Sowerby 1844 snail
Phanerotinus serpula de Koninck 1843 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus sp." = Euphemites
"Euphemus sp." = Euphemites Warthin 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bucanopsis waterkeyniana" = Retispira keyniana, Bellerophon sp.
"Bucanopsis waterkeyniana" = Retispira keyniana de Koninck 1844 snail
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
Cephalopoda
  -
Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
 Goniatitida - Pericyclidae
? Pericyclus sp. Mojsisovics 1882 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Muensteroceratidae
 Goniatitida - Goniatitidae
Goniatites sp. Haan 1825 ammonite
 Nautilida - Trigonoceratidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
  -
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771 trilobite
 Proetida - Brachymetopidae
Brachymetopus sp. M'Coy 1847 trilobite
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) cf. colei" = Waribole
"Cyrtosymbole (Waribole) cf. colei" = Waribole trilobite