ammonites
Feltrim Hill, Waulsortian buildup, basal shales (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 437

Where: Ireland (53.4° N, 6.2° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 2.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Feltrim Formation, Tournaisian (360.7 - 345.3 Ma)

• Late Courceyan, Upper Zaphrentis Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• basal shales

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R.G.S. Hudson, M. J. Clarke, and Sevastopulo and G.D. 1966. A detailed account of the fauna and age of a Waulsortain Reef Knoll Limestone and associated shales, Feltrim, Co., Dublin. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, ser. A 2(16):251-272 [G. Webster/G. Webster] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76497: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.11.2007