Ordovician rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from Co. Waterford, SE Ireland: Palaeobiogeography of the Leinster Terrane; Contents; Introduction ; Previous work ; Geological setting ; Tectonic history of Ganderia and Avalonia ; The Iapetus Ocean ; Ireland ; The Leinster Terrane ; Docking history ; The Tramore area ; Material ; Stratigraphy and fauna ; Age of the Tramore Limestone Formation ; Tramore and Dunabrattin/Bunmahon sections ; Tramore Shale Formation -- Tramore area ; Tramore Limestone Formation -- type section at Barrel Strand, Tramore area ; Lithology.

Fauna associations Tramore Limestone Formation -- other sections ; Pickardstown sections (Ps) ; Quillia Section 1 (QS1) ; Quillia Section 2 (QS2) ; Bunmahon Formation -- Bunmahon/Dunabrattin area ; Dunabrattin Shale Formation -- Bunmahon/Dunabrattin area ; Dunabrattin Limestone Formation -- Bunmahon/Dunabrattin area ; Lithology and fauna ; Correlation; Depositional setting and ecology ; Local events ; Tramore Limestone Formation ; Dunabrattin Limestone Formation ; Palaeobiogeographical reconstructions ; New reconstructions for the Iapetus Ocean ; Ganderian terrane positions.

Longitudinal separation Latitudinal drift of the Ganderian-Avalonian segment ; Brachiopod provinces ; Faunal distribution ; Darriwilian provinces and faunas ; The Low-latitude Province on the Laurentian Platform ; An early Scoto-Appalachian fauna ; The Toquima-Table Head province ; The mixed faunas of the Leinster Terrane and East Avalonia ; The Leinster Terrane ; East Avalonia ; The Celtic province ; The Baltic Province ; The High-latitude Province ; Darriwilian faunal migration patterns: implications on oceanic current configuration.

Migrations from the Laurentian margins and intraoceanic islands to the south Iapetus-Tornquist region Migrations within the south Iapetus-Tornquist region ; The Rheic gyre and the High-latitude Province ; The Precordillera ; Early Sandbian brachiopod provinces ; The Low-latitude Province on the Laurentian Platform ; The Scoto-Appalachian Province ; The Anglo-Welsh-Baltic Province ; The Leinster Terrane ; East Avalonia and Anglesey ; Baltica ; The High-latitude Province ; The Precordillera ; Conclusions ; Systematic palaeontology ; Abbreviations ; Repository.

Statistical methods Allometric growth ; Phylum Brachiopoda Duméril, 1806 ; Subphylum Rhynchonelliformea Williams, Carlson & Brunton, 1996 ; Class Strophomenata Öpik, 1934 ; Order Strophomenida Öpik, 1934 ; Superfamily Strophomenoidea King, 1846 ; Family Strophomenidae King, 1846 ; Subfamily Strophomeninae King, 1846 ; Genus Tetraphalerella Wang, 1949 ; Tetraphalerella? sp. ; Subfamily Furcitellinae Williams, 1965 ; Genus Dactylogonia Ulrich & Cooper, 1942 ; Dactylogonia costellata n. sp.; Family Rafinesquinidae Schuchert, 1893 ; Subfamily Rafinesquininae Schuchert, 1893.

Genus Colaptomena Cooper, 1956.