Windmill Quarry, off of Windmill Road & Summer Hill South, Cork: Brigantian, Ireland

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae
Patella sinuosa de Koninck 1844
Knight 1941
replaced by Lepetopsis phillipsi
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Natica plicistria Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Naticopsis (Jedria) plicistria
Natica elliptica Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Naticopsis elliptica
Natica elongata Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Naticopsis (Naticopsis) elongata
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon tangentialis Phillips 1836
recombined as Teutonophon tangentialis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyschisma helicoides (Sowerby 1826)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
Capulus vetustus (Sowerby 1829)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Platyceras vetusta
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Trochella prisca M'Coy 1844
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Flemingella prisca
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus dionysii de Montfort 1810
Lamplugh et al. 1905
Euomphalus aequalis (Sowerby 1815)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Straparollus aequalis
Euomphalus catillus (Martin 1793)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
original and current combination Helix catillus
Euomphalus calyx Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Schizostoma calyx
Euomphalus planorbis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Lamplugh et al. 1905
Euomphalus pentangulatus Sowerby 1814
Lamplugh et al. 1905
Euomphalus acutus (Sowerby 1818)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae
Murchisonia dispar M'Coy 1853
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Murchisonia (Donaldospira) dispar
Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae
Loxonema lefebvrei (Léveillé 1835)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Pseudozygopleura lefebvrei
Loxonema rugifera (Phillips 1836)
recombined as Nodozyga rugifera
Loxonema constricta (Sowerby 1821)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Microptychis constricta
Gastropoda - Orthonematidae
Murchisonia striatula de Koninck 1844
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Aclisina striatula
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Cerithioides telescopium n. gen., n. sp. Haughton 1859
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Turbo biserialis Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Turbonitella biserialis
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Delphinulopsidae
Natica ampliata Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Marmolatella ampliata
Lamplugh et al. 1905
synonym of Marmolatella ampliata
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Plagiothyridae
Littorina solida (de Koninck 1844)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Littorinides solidum
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Macrocheilus nobilis (Sowerby 1826)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Strobeus nobilis
Macrocheilus acutus (Sowerby 1827)
recombined as Macrochilina acuta
Macrocheilus curvilineus (Phillips 1836)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
synonym of Macrochilina acuta
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Loxonema sulculosa Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Palaeozyga sulculosa
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Pleurotomaria yvanni (Léveillé 1835)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Baylea yvanii
Pleurotomaria callosa de Koninck 1843
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Gosseletina callosa
Pleurotomaria altavittata M'Coy 1844
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Globodoma altavittata
Pleurotomaria decussata d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Devonorhineoderma decussata
Pleurotomaria naticoides de Koninck 1843
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Mourlonia naticoides
Pleurotomaria expansa Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Mourlonia expansa
Pleurotomaria tornatilis Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Pithodea tornatilis
Turritella suturalis Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Pithodea suturalis
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Pleurotomaria conica Phillips 1836
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Euconospira conica
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Porcellia puzosi (Léveillé 1835)
original and current combination Porcellia puzo
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Platyschisma fallax (de Koninck 1844)
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Straparella fallax
Scaphopoda
Dentalium ornatum de Koninck 1843
Lamplugh et al. 1905
recombined as Entalis ornata
see common names

Geography
Country:Ireland State/province:Cork
Coordinates: 51.9° North, 8.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.3° South, 0.1° West
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Brigantian Other zone: Coral Zone H
Age range of interval:336.30000 - 330.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Liscarroll Limestone Member:Coolbane
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: Lower part of D2 zone.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:bioturbation,peloidal,blue packstone
Secondary lithology:bioturbation,peloidal,blue wackestone
Lithology description: Coolbane Member consists of well-bedded (0.1±2.5 m), steely blue, bioturbated, spicule-rich peloidal packstones and wackestones. (From Gallagher & Somerville 1997).
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: 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).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Metadata
Database number:184504
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2017-03-08 21:37:35 Last modified:2017-03-08 23:27:48
Access level:the public Released:2017-03-08 21:37:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

15984. 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]

Secondary references:

10228 J. B. Knight. 1941. Paleozoic gastropod genotypes. Geological Society of America Special Paper 32:1-510 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
61845 G. W. Lamplugh, J. R. Kilroe, A. McHenry, H. J. Seymore, W. B. Wright and H. B. Muff. 1905. The Geology of the country around Cork and Cork Harbour. Memoir Geological Survey Ireland 1-160 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]