Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland

A detailed look at the rhynchonelliformean brachiopods of Ireland This publication, Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, is Number 62 within the Fossils and Strata series. The international Fossils and Strata series features monographs in palaeontology and biostratigraphy with taxonomic descriptions. The series is owned by and published on behalf of The Lethaia Foundation in cooperation with the Scandinavian countries.

A detailed look at the rhynchonelliformean brachiopods of Ireland This publication, Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane, is Number 62 within the Fossils and Strata series. The international Fossils and Strata series features monographs in palaeontology and biostratigraphy with taxonomic descriptions. The series is owned by and published on behalf of The Lethaia Foundation in cooperation with the Scandinavian countries.

Introduction 1Previous work 2Geological setting 3Tectonic history of Ganderia and Avalonia 4The Iapetus Ocean 5Ireland 6The Leinster Terrane 7Docking history 7Th e Tramore area 7Material 9Stratigraphy and fauna 9Age of the Tramore Limestone Formation 9Tramore and Dunabrattin/Bunmahon sections 10Tramore Shale Formation - Tramore area 12Tramore Limestone Formation - type section at Barrel Strand, Tramore area 12Lithology 12Fauna associations 14Tramore Limestone Formation - other sections 14Pickardstown sections (Ps) 14Quillia Section 1 (QS1) 14Quillia Section 2 (QS2) 14Bunmahon Formation - Bunmahon/Dunabrattin area 15Dunabrattin Shale Formation - Bunmahon/Dunabrattin area 15Dunabrattin Limestone Formation - Bunmahon/ Dunabrattin area 15Lithology and fauna 16Correlation 16Depositional setting and ecology 17Local events 17Tramore Limestone Formation 17Dunabrattin Limestone Formation 19Palaeobiogeographical reconstructions 20New reconstructions for the Iapetus Ocean 22Ganderian terrane positions 22Longitudinal separation 22Latitudinal drift of the Ganderian-Avalonian segment 22Brachiopod provinces 24Faunal distribution 24Darriwilian provinces and faunas 26Th e Low-latitude Province on the Laurentian Platform 26An early Scoto-Appalachian fauna 27Th e Toquima-Table Head province 28Th e mixed faunas of the Leinster Terrane and East Avalonia 31Th e Leinster Terrane 31East Avalonia 32Th e Celtic province 32Th e Baltic Province 34Th e High-latitude Province 35Darriwilian faunal migration patterns: implications on oceanic current confi guration 35Migrations from the Laurentian margins and intraoceanic islands to the south Iapetus-Tornquist region 38Migrations within the south Iapetus-Tornquist region 38Th e Rheic gyre and the High-latitude Province 40Th e Precordillera 40Early Sandbian brachiopod provinces 41Th e Low-latitude Province on the Laurentian Platform 41Th e Scoto-Appalachian Province 42Th e Anglo-Welsh-Baltic Province 43Th e Leinster Terrane 44East Avalonia and Anglesey 46Baltica 47The High-latitude Province 48The Precordillera 48Conclusions 48Systematic palaeontology 50Abbreviations 50Repository 50Statistical methods 50Allometric growth 50Phylum Brachiopoda Duméril, 1806 51Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson & Brunton, 1996 51Class Strophomenata Öpik, 1934 51Order Strophomenida Öpik, 1934 51Superfamily Strophomenoidea King, 1846 51Family Strophomenidae King, 1846 51Subfamily Strophomeninae King, 1846 51Genus Tetraphalerella Wang, 1949 51Tetraphalerella? sp. 52Subfamily Furcitellinae Williams, 1965 53Genus Dactylogonia Ulrich & Cooper, 1942 53Dactylogonia costellata n. sp 53Family Rafi nesquinidae Schuchert, 1893 55Subfamily Rafi nesquininae Schuchert, 1893 55Genus Colaptomena Cooper, 1956 55Colaptomena auduni n. sp. 56Colaptomena pseudopecten? (M'Coy, 1846) 57Superfamily Plectambonitoidea Jones, 1928 59Family Plectambonitidae Jones, 1928 59Subfamily Taphrodontinae Cooper, 1956 59Genus Isophragma Cooper, 1956 59Isophragma parallelum n. sp. 59Family Leptellinidae Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 61Subfamily Leptellininae Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 61Genus Leptellina Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 61Leptellina llandeiloensis (Davidson, 1883) 61Subfamily Palaeostrophomeninae Cocks & Rong, 1989 62Genus Glyptambonites Cooper, 1956 62Glyptambonites sp. 62Family Grorudiidae Cocks & Rong, 1989 63Genus Grorudia Spjeldnæs, 1957 63Grorudia grorudi Spjeldnæs, 1957 63Family Leptestiidae Öpik, 1933a, emend. Cocks & Rong, 1989 64Genus Leptestiina Öpik, 1933a 64Leptestiina derfelensis (Jones, 1928) 65Family Sowerbyellidae Öpik, 1930 66Subfamily Sowerbyellinae Öpik, 1930 66Genus Sowerbyella Jones, 1928 66Subgenus Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) Jones, 1928 66Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua Jones, 1928 66Order Billingsellida Schuchert, 1893 70Suborder Clitambonitidina Öpik, 1934 70Superfamily Clitambonitoidea Winchell & Schuchert, 1893 70Family Clitambonitidae Winchell & Schuchert, 1893 70Genus Atelelasma Cooper, 1956 70Atelelasma longisulcum n. sp. 70Class Rhynchonellata Williams, Carlson & Brunton, 1996 73Order Orthida Schuchert & Cooper, 1932 73Suborder Orthidina Schuchert & Cooper, 1932 73Superfamily Orthoidea Woodward, 1852 73Family Orthidae Woodward, 1852 73Genus Sulevorthis Jaanusson & Bassettt, 1993 73Sulevorthis aff S. blountensis (Cooper, 1956) 73Family Glyptorthidae Schuchert and Cooper, 1931 74Genus Glyptorthis Foerste, 1914 74Glyptorthis crispa (M'Coy, 1846) 74Family Hesperorthidae Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 77Genus Hesperorthis Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 77Hesperorthis leinsterensis n. sp. 77Family Plaesiomyidae Schuchert, 1913 86Subfamily Plaesiomyinae Schuchert, 1913 86Genus Valcourea Raymond, 1911 86Valcourea confinis (Salter, 1849) 86Family Productorthidae Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 87Subfamily Productorthinae Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 87Genus Productorthis Koz?owski, 1927 87Productorthis sp 87Superfamily Plectorthoidea Schuchert & LeVene, 1929 89Family Platystrophiidae Schuchert & LeVene, 1929, emend.Zuykov & Harper, 2007 89Genus Platystrophia King, 1850, emend. Zuykov & Harper, 2007 89Platystrophia tramorensis n. sp. 89Platystrophia aff P. sublimis Öpik, 1930 92Suborder Dalmanellidina Moore, 1952 94Superfamily Dalmanelloidea Schuchert, 1913 94Family Dalmanellidae Schuchert, 1913 94Subfamily Dalmanellinae Schuchert, 1913 94Genus Howellites Bancroft , 1945 94Howellites hibernicus n. sp. 94Family Paurorthidae Öpik, 1933b 106Genus Paurorthis Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 106Paurorthis aff P. parva (Pander, 1830) 106Superfamily Enteletoidea Waagen, 1884 110Family Linoporellidae Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 110Genus Salopia Williams in Whittington & Williams, 1955 110Salopia gracilis Williams in Whittington & Williams, 1955 110Order Pentamerida Schuchert & Cooper, 1931 111Suborder Syntrophiidina Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 111Superfamily Syntrophioidea Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 111Family Porambonitidae Ulrich & Cooper, 1936 111Genus Hibernobonites n. gen. 111Hibernobonites filosus (M'Coy, 1846) 112Acknowledgements 115References 115Plates 1-10 122Appendix A 142Appendix B 148