ammonites
Bricklieve Mountains, pauciradiale beds, coral biostrome complex (Carboniferous of Ireland)

Also known as Reef 3647

Where: Ireland (54.1° N, 8.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.2° S, 2.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Bricklieve Limestone Formation, Asbian (339.4 - 336.0 Ma)

• pauciradiale beds

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks and lithified grainstone

• coral biostrome complex, up to 45 m thick, with coral boundstones, coral debris grain-/rudstones, and bioclastic grainstones

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: M. Aretz. 2002. Habitatanalyse und Riffbildungspotential kolonialer rugoser Korallen im Unterkarbon (Mississippium) von Westeuropa [Habitat analyses and reef-building potential of colonial rugose corals from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) of western Europe]. Kölner Forum für Geologie und Paläontologie 10:1-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76709: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.11.2007