Earth:Kingscourt Gypsum
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Kingscourt Gypsum Stratigraphic range: Wuchiapingian ~259–255 Ma | |
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Type | Formation |
Unit of | New Red Sandstone |
Sub-units | Lower Gypsum, Lower Mudstone, Middle Mudstone, Upper Gypsum & Upper Mudstone Members |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale, gypsum |
Other | Mudstone, claystone |
Location | |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 53°54′N 6°48′W / 53.9°N 6.8°W |
Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 16°00′N 11°30′E / 16.0°N 11.5°E |
Region | County Cavan |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Kingscourt |
The Kingscourt Gypsum is a geologic formation in Ireland. It preserves fossil flora dating back to the Wuchiapingian stage of the late Permian period.[1]
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils:[1]
- Flora
- Jugasporites delasaucei
- Klausipollenites schaubergeri
- Lueckisporites virkkiae
- Nuskoisporites dulhuntyi
- Perisaccus granulatus
- Acritarcha spp.
- Guttulapollenites sp.
- Stellapollenites sp.
- Striatiti spp.
- ?Cycadopites sp.
- ?Rhizomaspora sp.
- Scytinasciae indet.
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ireland
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kingscourt Gypsum at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- Visscher, H. 1971. The Permian and Triassic of the Kingscourt Outlier, Ireland. Geological Survey of Ireland Special Paper 1. 1–114.
![]() | Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingscourt Gypsum.
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