Also known as Reef 437
Where: Ireland (53.4° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.4° S, 2.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Caninia other zone, Feltrim Formation, Ivorian to Ivorian (353.8 - 340.0 Ma)
• Late Courceyan, Lower Caninia Zone; PJW: Caninia is younger than Courceyan; late Courceyan is Ivorian & Caninia is Chadian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
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 76501: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Amplexus coralloides Sowerby 1814 horn coral | |
Caninia ex gr. cornucopiae Michelin 1840 horn coral | |
Rotiphyllum sp. Hudson 1942 horn coral | |
Crinoidea | |
Actinocrinites cf. elongatus Sea lily | |
Gastropoda | |
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus
"Macrochilina sp." = Strobeus de Koninck 1881 snail | |
""Pleurotomaria" concentricum" = Baylea concentrica
""Pleurotomaria" concentricum" = Baylea concentrica Phillips 1836 snail | |
"Naticopsis ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata
"Naticopsis ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata Phillips 1836 snail | |
"Bellerophon tangentialis" = Teutonophon tangentialis
"Bellerophon tangentialis" = Teutonophon tangentialis Phillips 1836 snail | |
Naticopsis elliptica Phillips 1836 snail | |
"Flemingia prisca" = Flemingella prisca
"Flemingia prisca" = Flemingella prisca M'Coy 1844 snail | |
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) rotundatus" = Euomphalus, Straparollus (Euomphalus) pentangulatus, "Straparollus (Euomphalus) calyx" = Schizostoma calyx
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) rotundatus" = Euomphalus snail
Straparollus (Euomphalus) pentangulatus Sowerby 1814 snail
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) calyx" = Schizostoma calyx Phillips 1836 snail | |
Platyceras augustus, "Platyceras cf. vetustus" = Platyceras vetusta
Platyceras augustus snail
"Platyceras cf. vetustus" = Platyceras vetusta Sowerby 1829 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Protoschizodus sp." = Schizodus
"Protoschizodus sp." = Schizodus King 1844 clam | |
Sanguinolites sp. M'Coy 1844 clam | |
"Leiopteria laminosa" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"Leiopteria laminosa" = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) oyster | |
Pterinopectinella granosa scallop
Pterinopectinella radiata scallop | |
Limipecten dissimilis scallop
Acanthopecten tessellatus scallop | |
"Pseudamusium concentricolineatus" = Streblochondria concentricolineata
"Pseudamusium concentricolineatus" = Streblochondria concentricolineata Hind 1904 scallop | |
"Syncyclonema sowerbyi" = Pernopecten sowerbyi
"Syncyclonema sowerbyi" = Pernopecten sowerbyi M'Coy 1844 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Nautiloidea indet. Agassiz 1847 nautiloid | |
Vestinautilus sp., Vestinautilus cariniferus, Vestinautilus paucicarinatus, Discitoceras leveillianum, Aphelaeceras hibernicum, Aphelaeceras mutabile, Planetoceras globatum
Vestinautilus sp. Ryckholt 1852 nautiloid
Vestinautilus cariniferus Sowerby 1825 nautiloid
Vestinautilus paucicarinatus Foord 1891 nautiloid
Discitoceras leveillianum nautiloid
Aphelaeceras hibernicum nautiloid
Aphelaeceras mutabile nautiloid
Planetoceras globatum Sowerby 1824 nautiloid | |
Solenochilus hibernicum nautiloid | |
Asymptoceras foordi nautiloid | |
Muensteroceras cf. rotella ammonite
Muensteroceras complanatum de Koninck 1880 ammonite | |
Rostroconchia | |
"Conocardium hibernicum" = Hippocardia hibernica
"Conocardium hibernicum" = Hippocardia hibernica Sowerby 1815 | |
Tergomya | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Schizophoria resupinata Martin 1809 | |
cf. Martinia glabra Sowerby 1821 | |
Crurithyris cf. urei Fleming 1828 | |
Actinoconchus paradoxus, "Actinoconchus cf. expansus" = Leiothycridina expansa, Cleiothyridina glabistria, Cleiothyridina ingens, Cleiothyridina roissyi
"Actinoconchus cf. expansus" = Leiothycridina expansa Phillips 1836 | |
Craniata | |
Crania trigonalis M'Coy 1844 | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fistulipora sp. McCoy 1850 | |
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872 | |
Trilobita | |
Phillipsia gemmulifera Phillips 1836 trilobite | |
Brachymetopus maccoyi Portlock 1843 trilobite | |
Ostracoda | |
Entomoconchus cf. scouleri ostracod |