Dunabrattin / Bunmahon area, Unit IV: Aurelucian, Ireland
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptestiidae
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Leptestiina derfelensis
(Jones 1928)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Sowerbyellidae
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Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua
(Jones 1928)
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Geography
| Country: | Ireland | County: | Waterford |
| Coordinates: | 52.1° North, 7.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 54.5° South, 23.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Late/Upper Ordovician |
| Stage: | Sandbian | 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 4 |
| Key time interval: | Aurelucian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 458.40000 - 456.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dunabrattin Limestone | ||
| Local section: | Duncannon | Local bed: | Unit IV |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | nodular argillaceous "limestone" |
| Environment: | basinal (siliceous) |
| Geology comments: with few siltstone layers | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188929 | ||
| Authorizer: | B. Kröger | Enterer: | B. Kröger |
| Created: | 2017-09-21 08:37:17 | Last modified: | 2017-09-21 08:37:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-21 08:37:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63389. | M. Liljeroth, D. A. T. Harper, H. Carlisle and A. T. Nielsen. 2017. Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane. Fossils and Strata (62)1-164 [B. Kröger/B. Kröger] |