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AerCap Holdings Building

AerCap Holdings Building

Site Details

Location
AerCap Holdings Building
Grid reference
53.33608, -6.25746
Fossil Name
Gastropods, corals, brachiopods
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Jurassic and Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building stones of AerCap building on the corner of Earlsfort Terrace and Stephens Green
Fossil Info
Light yellow buff limestone with weathered out conical gastropods - spectacular packing of these fossils. Also colonial corals and brachiopods in dark grey limestone in the lower half of the building on Earlsfort Terrace side

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