Where: Denmark (56.0° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.9° N, 6.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brejning Clay Member (Vejle Fjord Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brejning Clay Mbr of the Vejle Fjord Fm, which overlies the Branden Clay Fm (Chattian). AGE: Late Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the member in this area.
• member-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 111475: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) compta nut clam | |
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Lucinoma borealis praecedens
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Angulus posterus tellin clam | |
Parvicardium kochi cockle | |
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Panopea (Panopea) angusta, "Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera Semper 1861 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Palliolum hausmanni scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Astraea pustulosa snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap
Turriscala (Turriscala) rudis wentletrap | |
Rissoa karsteni snail | |
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |
Muricopsis peregra, Eopaziella deshayesii, Eopaziella capito, Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus, Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus
Muricopsis peregra Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail
Eopaziella capito Philippi 1843 murex snail
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus murex snail | |
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail | |
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata, Acamptogenotia morreni, Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid | |
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Conus (Leptoconus) semperi cone shell | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) karsteni olive snail | |
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 snail
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 snail | |
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk | |
Babylonella pusilla snail
Turehua subgranulata snail | |
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
Conomitra soellingensis ribbed mitre | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis geminata tusk shell |