ammonites
Borehole N 915, Navan, Lucan 1 Formation (Carboniferous to of Ireland)

Where: Ireland (53.6° N, 6.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 2.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: 1 Member (Lucan Formation), Chadian to Chadian (345.3 - 342.8 Ma)

• unit 1 = Tara Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• corse-grained, poorly-sorted breccias; coarse-grained massive crinoidal grain/packstones, passing into laminated packstones, wackestones and striped mudstones

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core,

Primary reference: P. Strogen, G. L. Jones, and I. D. Somerville. 1990. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of Lower Carboniferous (Dinantian) boreholes from west county Meath, Ireland. Geological Journal 25:103-137 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78356: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.02.2008