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Marino Institute of Education

Marino Institute of Education

Site Details

Location
Marino Institute of Education
Grid reference
53.373042, -6.2333565
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals, crinoids, bryozoans
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
Building stone of the walls, lintels, doorways
Fossil Info
The building stone is a densely fossiliferous crinoidal limestone with distinctive blotchy appearance. The limestone contains large bryozoan colonies, thin brachiopods, in addition to extremely abundant crinoid ossicles.

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Ireland's Fossil Heritage

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 TK30,

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