O'Donnell's Rock, martini beds, coral biostrome (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 3648

Where: Ireland (54.3° N, 8.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 2.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Glencar Limestone Formation, Asbian (340.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• martini beds, top of Glencar Limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• coral biostrome

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: P. Cozar, I. D. Somerville, M. Aretz and H. G. Herbig. 2005. Biostratigraphical dating of Upper Visean limestones (NW Ireland) using foraminiferans, calcareous algae and rugose corals. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences 23:1-23 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76711: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Palaeoberesella lahuseni, Sinustacheoides meandriformis
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Stacheoides sp.
Stacheoides sp. Cummings 1955
Rhodophyceae
  - Aoujgaliaceae
Mametella skimoensis, Fourstonella sp., Aoujgalia sp.
Fourstonella sp. Cummings 1955
Aoujgalia sp. Termier and Termier 1950
Stacheinaceae
  - Stacheinaceae
Epistacheoides sp.
Epistacheoides sp. Petryk and Mamet 1972
Foraminifera
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis sp.
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
 Tetrataxoidea - Valvulinellidae
Valvulinella youngi
 Archaediscacea - Archaediscidae
Nodasperodiscus sp., Archaediscus concavus, Archaediscus angulatus
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Endothyra sp., Endothyranopsis sp., Omphalotis sp.
 Fusulinina - Pseudoammodiscidae
Pseudoammodiscus sp.
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
Earlandia sp.
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Lithostrotionidae
Siphonodendron martini, Siphonodendron pauciradiale, Solenodendron furcatum
Siphonodendron martini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 horn coral
Siphonodendron pauciradiale McCoy 1844 horn coral
Solenodendron furcatum Smith 1925 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathopsidae
Siphonophyllia samsonensis
Siphonophyllia samsonensis Salee 1913 horn coral