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Park Lane Steps

Park Lane Steps

Site Details

Location
Park Lane Steps
Grid reference
53.349083, -6.239711
Fossil Name
Brachiopods, corals, crinoids
Fossil Type
Various marine animals (shells and other invertebrate animals – without backbones)
Fossil Age
Carboniferous
Rock Type
Limestone
Access Info
The locality is accessed from the Mayor Street Upper or Park Lane.
Fossil Info
Brachiopod fossils resemble white and light grey smiley-faces and circles in the dark grey limestone. Crinoids appear as white and light-grey circles. Colonial corals appear as tightly bunched clusters of small white circles.

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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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