Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Where: Cork, Ireland (51.9° N, 8.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 0.1° W)

When: Coral Zone H other zone, Coolbane Member (Liscarroll Limestone Formation), Brigantian (336.0 - 326.4 Ma)

• Lower part of D2 zone.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; bioturbated, peloidal, blue packstone and bioturbated, peloidal, blue wackestone

• The bulk of this member was deposited in a deep-water, subtidal, open-marine environment, below fair-weather wavebase, but above storm wavebase. Bioturbation and occasional storm events in this environment are considered to have combined to generate the abundant intraclasts in this member. (From Gallagher & Somerville 1997).
• Coolbane Member consists of well-bedded (0.1±2.5 m), steely blue, bioturbated, spicule-rich peloidal packstones and wackestones. (From Gallagher & Somerville 1997).

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the BMNH

Primary reference: S. Haughton. 1859. On some fossil Pyramidellidae from Carboniferous Limestone of Cork and Clonmel. Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoology and Botany Association 1:281-283 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184504: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.03.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Tergomya
 Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
"Patella sinuosa" = Lepetopsis phillipsi1
"Patella sinuosa" = Lepetopsis phillipsi1 de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
"Macrocheilus nobilis" = Strobeus nobilis2, "Macrocheilus acutus" = Macrochilina acuta, "Macrocheilus curvilineus" = Macrochilina acuta2
"Macrocheilus nobilis" = Strobeus nobilis2 Sowerby 1826 snail
"Macrocheilus acutus" = Macrochilina acuta Sowerby 1827 snail
"Macrocheilus curvilineus" = Macrochilina acuta2 Sowerby 1827 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
"Loxonema sulculosa" = Palaeozyga sulculosa2
"Loxonema sulculosa" = Palaeozyga sulculosa2 Phillips 1836 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria callosa" = Gosseletina callosa2, "Pleurotomaria decussata" = Devonorhineoderma decussata2, "Pleurotomaria yvanni" = Baylea yvanii2, "Pleurotomaria altavittata" = Globodoma altavittata2, "Turritella suturalis" = Pithodea suturalis2, "Pleurotomaria tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis2, "Pleurotomaria naticoides" = Mourlonia naticoides2, "Pleurotomaria expansa" = Mourlonia expansa2
"Pleurotomaria callosa" = Gosseletina callosa2 de Koninck 1843 snail
"Pleurotomaria decussata" = Devonorhineoderma decussata2 d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
"Pleurotomaria yvanni" = Baylea yvanii2 Léveillé 1835 snail
"Pleurotomaria altavittata" = Globodoma altavittata2 M'Coy 1844 snail
"Turritella suturalis" = Pithodea suturalis2 Phillips 1836 snail
"Pleurotomaria tornatilis" = Pithodea tornatilis2 Phillips 1836 snail
"Pleurotomaria naticoides" = Mourlonia naticoides2 de Koninck 1843 snail
"Pleurotomaria expansa" = Mourlonia expansa2 Phillips 1836 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
"Porcellia puzosi" = Porcellia puzo
"Porcellia puzosi" = Porcellia puzo Léveillé 1835 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
"Pleurotomaria conica" = Euconospira conica2
"Pleurotomaria conica" = Euconospira conica2 Phillips 1836 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
"Turbo biserialis" = Turbonitella biserialis2
"Turbo biserialis" = Turbonitella biserialis2 Phillips 1836 snail
 Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
"Littorina solida" = Littorinides solidum2
"Littorina solida" = Littorinides solidum2 de Koninck 1844 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Natica ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata2, "Natica spirata" = Marmolatella ampliata2
"Natica ampliata" = Marmolatella ampliata2 Phillips 1836 snail
"Natica spirata" = Marmolatella ampliata2 Phillips 1836 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Platyschisma fallax" = Straparella fallax2
"Platyschisma fallax" = Straparella fallax2 de Koninck 1844 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon tangentialis" = Teutonophon tangentialis
"Bellerophon tangentialis" = Teutonophon tangentialis Phillips 1836 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus acutus2 Sowerby 1818 snail
"Euomphalus calyx" = Schizostoma calyx2 Phillips 1836 snail
Euomphalus pentangulatus2 Sowerby 1814 snail
Euomphalus catillus2 Martin 1793 snail
Euomphalus planorbis2 d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Straparollus dionysii2 de Montfort 1810 snail
"Euomphalus aequalis" = Straparollus aequalis2 Sowerby 1815 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
"Trochella prisca" = Flemingella prisca2
"Trochella prisca" = Flemingella prisca2 M'Coy 1844 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Capulus vetustus" = Platyceras vetusta2 Sowerby 1829 snail
Platyschisma helicoides2 Sowerby 1826 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
"Loxonema rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera, "Loxonema constricta" = Microptychis constricta2, "Loxonema lefebvrei" = Pseudozygopleura lefebvrei2
"Loxonema rugifera" = Nodozyga rugifera Phillips 1836 snail
"Loxonema constricta" = Microptychis constricta2 Sowerby 1821 snail
"Loxonema lefebvrei" = Pseudozygopleura lefebvrei2 Léveillé 1835 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae
"Murchisonia striatula" = Aclisina striatula2
"Murchisonia striatula" = Aclisina striatula2 de Koninck 1844 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Cerithioides telescopium n. gen. n. sp.
Cerithioides telescopium n. gen. n. sp. Haughton 1859 snail
 Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
"Murchisonia dispar" = Murchisonia (Donaldospira) dispar2
"Murchisonia dispar" = Murchisonia (Donaldospira) dispar2 M'Coy 1853 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Natica elongata" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata2, "Natica elliptica" = Naticopsis elliptica2, "Natica plicistria" = Naticopsis (Jedria) plicistria2
"Natica elongata" = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata2 Phillips 1836 snail
"Natica elliptica" = Naticopsis elliptica2 Phillips 1836 snail
"Natica plicistria" = Naticopsis (Jedria) plicistria2 Phillips 1836 snail
Scaphopoda
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"Dentalium ornatum" = Entalis ornata2
"Dentalium ornatum" = Entalis ornata2 de Koninck 1843 tusk shell