A new trace fossil from non-marine upper Palaeozoic red beds in county Wexford and county Kerry, Ireland

  • R. R. Horne
  • P. R. R. Gardiner

Abstract

Previously unrecorded radially symmetrical, apparently cylindrical or downward tapering structures in red, non-marine siltstones and sandstones of Devonian to early Carboniferous age are described from south-west County Wexford and the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. These structures are interpreted as biogenic trace fossils rather than inorganic features. They are most probably dwelling burrows, possibly of a fresh-water coelenterate. The most comparable known forms are LaevicycIus Quenstedt, 1879, Kulindrichnus Hallam, 1960 and Bergaueria Prantl,1946.

Published
1973-01-01
How to Cite
R. R. Horne, & P. R. R. Gardiner. (1973). A new trace fossil from non-marine upper Palaeozoic red beds in county Wexford and county Kerry, Ireland . Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 125-131. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/14498
Issue
Volume 52 - 1973
Section
Regular paper

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