Where: Lenister, Ireland (52.8° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 4.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Westphalian A (318.1 - 314.6 Ma)
• Westphalian A according to Clack & Ahlberg, 2004
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coal
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. P. Wright and T. H. Huxley. 1866. On a collection of fossils from the Jarrow Colliery, Kilkenny. Geological Magazine 3:165-171 [R. Butler/E. Dunne/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175806: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 12.01.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham and Joseph Flannery-Sutherland
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Xiphosura | |
"Bellinurus arcuatus" = Belinurus trilobitoides
"Bellinurus arcuatus" = Belinurus trilobitoides Buckland 1837 | |
Amphibia | |
Dendrerpeton rugosum n. sp.1
Dendrerpeton rugosum n. sp.1 Huxley 1867 tetrapod TCD T84 (holotype) skull and pectoral girdle (poorly preserved)
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Procochleosaurus jarrowensis n. gen. n. sp.4
Procochleosaurus jarrowensis n. gen. n. sp.4 Sequeira 1996 tetrapod NHMUK R.8453 (holotype; skull, probably of a juvenile)
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Lepterpeton dobbsii n. gen. n. sp.
Lepterpeton dobbsii n. gen. n. sp. Wright and Huxley 1866 tetrapod TCD T85 (ex. NHMING F14685: G38: 1959). Figured by Wright & Huxley (1867) pl. iii, fig. 1
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Urocordylus wandesfordii n. gen. n. sp.
Urocordylus wandesfordii n. gen. n. sp. Huxley 1867 tetrapod TCD T83 (ex. NHMING F14691: G44: 1959). Figured by Wright & Huxley (1867) pl. ii, fig. 1
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Keraterpeton galvani n. gen. n. sp.
Keraterpeton galvani n. gen. n. sp. Huxley 1867 tetrapod NHMING F 14735 (ex GSI B.2866). Figured by Huxley & Wright (1867) pl. XIX, fig. 1
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Osteichthyes | |
Dolichosoma emersoni n. gen. n. sp.2
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Ophiderpeton sp.3 Huxley 1866 tetrapod NHMUK R.8465 (skull). Specimen was previously identified as belonging to Megalocephalus by Beaumont (1977) but subsequent study by A.C. Milner (1994) showed it to be belonging to Ophiderpeton.
Ophiderpeton brownriggi n. sp.7 Wright and Huxley 1871 tetrapod TCD T88, TCD T89, TCD T90 (syntypes); skeletons and TCD.38353
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Ichthyerpeton bradleyae1 Huxley 1867 tetrapod TCD.T87 (formerly NMING F.14689N7 G42.1959) (holotype; posterior portion of skeleton)
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Myriolepis hibernica5 Traquair 1893 MANCH L2648 (one additional specimen housed at Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London)
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