Kiltorcan Hill (Devonian of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (52.5° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 21.0° S, 3.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Kiltorcan beds Formation, Late/Upper Devonian (382.7 - 358.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: green, yellow shale

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, replaced with other

Collection methods: salvage, chemical, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. G. Chaloner. 1968. The cone of Cyclostigma kiltorkense Haughton, from the Upper Devonian of Ireland. Journal of the Linnean Society 61:25-36 [W. Stein/N. Smith/N. Smith]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 21233: authorized by Bill Stein, entered by Nicole Smith on 21.06.2002

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Taxonomic list

Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Callodictyonidae
Cyclostigma kiltorkense Doweld 2001 glass sponge