Kilbride (Ordovician of Ireland)

Also known as Was: Kilbride, Duncannon Group, Caradoc, Ireland

Where: Leinster, Ireland (53.4° N, 7.2° W: paleocoordinates 23.3° S, 31.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dicranograptus caudatus graptolite zone, Upper Member (Campile Formation), Longvillian (457.2 - 455.0 Ma)

• Lower Caradoc

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; siltstone

• Dark siltstones, with very obscure bedding.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. A. Parkes. 1994. The brachiopods of the Duncannon Group (Middle-Upper Ordovician) of southeast Ireland. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology) 50(2):105-174 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55677: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Zack Krug on 02.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Dalmanellida indet., Sowerbyellida indet., Orthoconida indet., ? Porifera indet.
? Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida -
Conulariida indet.
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896 jellyfish
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Trilobita
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Tretaspis aff. ceryx
 Lichida - Lichidae
"Autoloxolichas laxatus" = Allolichas laxatus
"Autoloxolichas laxatus" = Allolichas laxatus McCoy 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Hadromeros sp.
? Hadromeros sp. Lane 1971 trilobite
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Cybelinae indet., "Atractopyge aff. dentata" = Cybellela dentata, Deacybele arenosa
Cybelinae indet. Holliday 1942 trilobite
"Atractopyge aff. dentata" = Cybellela dentata Esmark 1833 trilobite
Deacybele arenosa McCoy 1846 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene spp.
Flexicalymene spp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
? Acanthocrania sp.
? Acanthocrania sp. Williams 1943
Lingulata
 Lingulida -
Lingulida indet.
Lingulida indet. Waagen 1885
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Schizotreta sp.
Schizotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
? Anisopleurella sp., "Sowerbyella sericea" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea
"Sowerbyella sericea" = Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea Sowerby 1839
 Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae
"Chonetoidea cf. abdita" = Sericoidea abdita
"Chonetoidea cf. abdita" = Sericoidea abdita Whittington and Williams 1955
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Leptestiina oepiki
Leptestiina oepiki Whittington 1938
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria sp.
Bimuria sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1942
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
? Bicuspina sp.
? Bicuspina sp. Havlicek 1950
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Cremnorthidae
Cremnorthis parva
Cremnorthis parva Williams 1963
 Orthida - Platystrophiidae
Platystrophia sp.
Platystrophia sp. King 1850
sp. 2
 Orthida - Productorthidae
Nicolella cf. actoniae
Nicolella cf. actoniae de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
Hesperorthis sp.
Hesperorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites" sp.
"Orthambonites" sp. Pander 1830
 Orthida - Linoporellidae
? Salopia sp.
? Salopia sp. Williams 1955
 Orthida - Saukrodictyidae
Saukrodictya sp.
Saukrodictya sp. Wright 1964
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides costatus
 Pentamerida - Porambonitidae
Porambonites sp.
Porambonites sp. Pander 1830
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Cystoidea
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Cystoidea indet.
Cystoidea indet. von Buch 1846
 Rhombifera - Echinosphaeritidae
Echinosphaerites sp.
Echinosphaerites sp. Wahlenberg 1818
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily