Kingscourt Gypsum
Kingscourt Gypsum Stratigraphic range: Wuchiapingian ~ | |
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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°WCoordinates: 53°54′N 6°48′W / 53.9°N 6.8°W |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 16°00′N 11°30′E / 16.0°N 11.5°E |
Region | County Cavan |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Kingscourt |
![]() ![]() Kingscourt Gypsum (Ireland) |
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
- Acritarcha spp.
See also[]
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Ireland
References[]
- ^ a b Kingscourt Gypsum at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography[]
- . 1971. The Permian and Triassic of the Kingscourt Outlier, Ireland. 1. 1–114.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Ireland
- Permian System of Europe
- Permian Ireland
- Wuchiapingian
- Shale formations
- Mudstone formations
- Evaporite deposits
- Permian northern paleotemperate deposits
- Paleontology in Ireland