Porter's Gate Formation

Porter's Gate Formation
Porter's Gate Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous
Type	Formation
Location
Country	Ireland

The Porter's Gate Formation is a geologic formation in Ireland. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
Sleeman, A. G. (1977). "Lower Carboniferous transgressive Facies in the Porter's Gate Formation at Hook, Co. Wexford". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 77 (16): 269–284. JSTOR 20494287.
Johnston, I. S.; Higgins, A. S. (1981). "Conodont faunas from the Lower Carboniferous rocks at Hook Head, County Wexford". Journal of Earth Sciences. 4 (1). Royal Dublin Society: 83–96. JSTOR 30002463.
Brittain, Jennifer M.; Higgs, Kenneth T. (2007). "The early Carboniferous Spelaeotriletes balteatus - S. pretiosus Miospore Complex: Defining the base of the Spelaeotriletes pretiosus - Raistrickia clavata (PC) Miospore Biozone" (PDF). Comunicações Geológicas (94): 109–112.

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