Pickardstown sections (Ordovician to of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.2° N, 7.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.3° S, 90.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Tramore Limestone Formation (Duncannon Group), Abereiddian to Abereiddian (468.0 - 456.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore shelf; argillaceous limestone and calcareous sandstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Liljeroth, D. A. T. Harper, H. Carlisle and A. T. Nielsen. 2017. Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane. Fossils and Strata (62)1-164 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 188892: authorized by Björn Kröger, entered by Björn Kröger on 20.09.2017

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis leinsterensis Liljeroth et al. 2017
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Colaptomena auduni Liljeroth et al. 2017
 Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Dactylogonia costellata Liljeroth et al. 2017
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae