Benburb Carrickaness (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

Where: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (54.4° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 1.4° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Carrickaness Sandstone Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• 60 m thick.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified, gray, carbonaceous sandstone and siltstone

• Sparsely fossiliferous.
• fine to med grained sands with ripple marks, white or gray, heavy iron staining. thin laminated siltstones with small scale ripple stratification. carbonaceous. interbedded fawn gray blocky mudstones containing ironstone nodules. sandstones often show load casts and linear prod marks.

Primary reference: W. I. Mitchell and M. Mitchell. 1983. The Lower Carboniferous (Upper Visean) succession at Benburb, Northern Ireland. Reports of the Institute of Geological Sciences (82/12)1-10 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6953: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.04.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Sparsely fossiliferous.
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Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
"Sulcatopinna sp." = Pinna (Sulcatopinna)
"Sulcatopinna sp." = Pinna (Sulcatopinna) Hyatt 1892 oyster
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp.
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
Antiquatonia sp.
Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferoidea indet.
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
ossicles