Bricklieve Mountains, pauciradiale beds, coral biostrome complex (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 3647

Where: Ireland (54.1° N, 8.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cf6γ other zone, Lower Member (Bricklieve Limestone Formation), Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• pauciradiale beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified grainstone

• coral biostrome complex, up to 45 m thick, with coral boundstones, coral debris grain-/rudstones, and bioclastic grainstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Aretz. 2002. Habitatanalyse und Riffbildungspotential kolonialer rugoser Korallen im Unterkarbon (Mississippium) von Westeuropa [Habitat analyses and reef-building potential of colonial rugose corals from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) of western Europe]. Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie 10:1-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76709: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Kulikia sp., Pirletidiscus sp., Luteotubulus sp., Eflugelia sp., Sparaphralysia sp., Pseudokulikia sp., Sinustacheoides meandriformis, Amarellina huvelinii
Cyanophyceae
  - Aphralysiaceae
Aphralysia sp.
Aphralysia sp. Garwood 1914
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Anthozoa
 Octocorallia -
Heterocorallia indet.
Heterocorallia indet. Schindewolf 1941
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Lithostrotion decipiens, Siphonodendron socialis, Siphonodendron martini, Siphonodendron pauciradiale, Siphonodendron scaleberense
Lithostrotion decipiens McCoy 1849 horn coral
Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
Siphonodendron scaleberense Nudds and Somerville 1987 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Caninia sp., Siphonophyllia siblyi, Siphonophyllia samsonensis
Caninia sp. Michelin 1840 horn coral
Siphonophyllia samsonensis Salee 1913 horn coral
 Stauriida - Axophyllidae
Axophyllum pseudokirsopianum
Axophyllum pseudokirsopianum Semenoff-Tian-Chansky 1974 horn coral
 Stauriida - Aulophyllidae
Haplolasma cf. densum
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Foraminifera
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Neoarchaediscus sp., Archaediscus concavus, Archaediscus angulatus, Nodasperodiscus sp.
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyranopsis sp., Endothyra sp., Omphalotis sp., Endostaffella shamordini, Globoendothyra ex gr. globulus
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
Earlandia sp.
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
Palaeotextularia sp.
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella youngi
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Koskinotextularia sp., Koskinobigenerina sp., Plectogyranopsis sp., Gigasbia sp., Nodosarchaediscus sp.
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Nanopora anglica
Nanopora anglica Wood 1964
 Dasycladales - Beresellaceae
Kamaenella sp., Kamaena delicata
Kamaena delicata Antropov 1967
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae
Saccamminopsis sp.
Stacheinaceae
  - Stacheinaceae
Epistacheoides sp.
Epistacheoides sp. Petryk and Mamet 1972
Rhodophyceae
 Florideae -
Ungdarella uralica
Ungdarella uralica Maslov 1956
  - Aoujgaliaceae
Aoujgalia sp., Mametella skimoensis, Roquesselsia radians, Fourstonella sp., Stacheia sp.
Aoujgalia sp. Termier and Termier 1950
Fourstonella sp. Cummings 1955
Stacheia sp. Brady 1876
Florideophyceae
 Cryptonemiales - Archaeolithophyllaceae
Neoprincipia tethysiana
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Stacheoides sp.
Stacheoides sp. Cummings 1955