Borehole EP 27, Navan (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (53.6° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 13.1° S, 3.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bishopscourt Member (Liscartan Formation), Tournaisian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone

• dark gray, nodular, bioturbated silty and peloidal wackestone with shale wisps, more bioclastic near the top

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78357: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
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Latiendothyra sp., Eoforschia sp., Tournayella discoidea
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia favosa
Michelinia favosa tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora reticulata
Syringopora reticulata tabulate coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Zaphrentites sp.
Zaphrentites sp. Hudson 1941 horn coral