ammonites
Ballyheigue (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as ETE Locality 128, Ballyheigue, Kerry Head,

Where: SW Munster, Ireland (52.4° N, 9.8° W: paleocoordinates 14.7° S, 5.0° W)

When: LL-LN palynozone zone, Coomhola Formation (Kilmore Sandstone Group), Tournaisian (360.7 - 345.3 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: Tn1a-b: mid-late Strunian (early Kinderhook)

Environment/lithology: sandstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: paleosol present
• ETE rock type adj: fine arkosic, ETE lithology comments: siliceously-cemented

Collection methods: ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 6, ; ETE museum list: S ILL UNIV

Primary reference: R. M. Bateman and G. W. Rothwell. 1990. A reappraisal of the Dinantian floras at Oxroad Bay, East Lothian, Scotland. 1. Floristics and the development of whole-plant concepts. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 81:127-159 [H. Sims/J. Allen/H. Sims] more details

PaleoDB collection 21330: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Richard Bateman on 27.08.1991