ammonites
Feltrim Hill, Waulsortian buildup, main reef limestone (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, Lower Caninia Zone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• The reef core itself is almost devoid of fossils apart from fenestrate bryozoans. Fossils occur outside and away from the reef core and are sporadically scattered, and only rarely as pocket accumulations.

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 76501: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 22.11.2007