| Kingscourt Gypsum | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Wuchiapingian ~259–255 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
| 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 / 53.9; -6.8 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 16°00′N 11°30′E / 16.0°N 11.5°E / 16.0; 11.5 |
| Region | County Cavan |
| Country |  Ireland |
| 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.
Fossil content
The formation has provided the following fossils:
- 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
References
- ^ 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