Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 56.6° N, 5.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Branden Clay Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Branden Clay, which overlies the Viborg Fm (Rupelian) and is overlain by the Vejle Fjord Fm (Chattian). AGE: Early Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the formation at this outcrop.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Museum, the University of Copenhagen.
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm. 2008. The molluscan fauna of the late Oligocene Branden Clay, Denmark. Palaeontos 15:1-92 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111472: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium polypleurum tusk shell
Antalis geminata tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam
Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera Semper 1861 clam | |
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Gonimyrtea droueti
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Lucinoma borealis praecedens
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Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) compta nut clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap
Turriscala (Turriscala) rudis wentletrap | |
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Amaurellina cf. angustata moon snail | |
Alvania tenuisculpta snail
Alvania ellenorae snail | |
Pseudocochlespira schwarzhansi n. sp., Orthosurcula regularis, "Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra, Conomitra soellingensis
Pseudocochlespira schwarzhansi n. sp. ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Conomitra soellingensis ribbed mitre | |
Aquilofusus mothsi n. sp., Aquilofusus birgitteae n. sp., Aquilofusus marqueti n. sp., Aquilofusus sp., Searlesia mitgaui, Searlesia dentifera, Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica, Liomesus brandensis n. sp., Angistoma brueckneri
Aquilofusus mothsi n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus birgitteae n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus marqueti n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus sp. Kautsky 1925 true whelk
Searlesia mitgaui von Koenen 1867 true whelk
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk
Liomesus brandensis n. sp. true whelk | |
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 snail
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 snail SUBSPECIES: Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior posterior
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Ancilla (Ancillus) karsteni olive snail | |
Acamptogenotia morreni, Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii, Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata, Aphanitoma ingerae n. sp.
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid
Aphanitoma ingerae n. sp. turrid | |
Conus (Leptoconus) semperi cone shell
Oenopota ronaldjansseni n. sp. cone shell | |
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail | |
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus, Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus, Muricopsis peregra, Eopaziella capito, Eopaziella deshayesii
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus murex snail
Muricopsis peregra Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Eopaziella capito Philippi 1843 murex snail
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |