Also known as Fakse
Where: Denmark (55.2° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, replaced with calcite
Collected by Alice Rasmussen in 1994
• Repository at the Geological Museum of Copenhagen.
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler and P. Lozouet. 2012. A new genus and species of the Mesozoic superfamily Porcellioidea (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) from the Danian (early Paleocene) of Faxe, Denmark. Cainozoic Research 9(1):3-7 [M. Clapham/V. Maciel/V. Maciel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 184348: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Vanessa Maciel on 21.02.2017, edited by Rosa Valdez
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Dardanus faxensis n. sp.
Dardanus faxensis n. sp. Jakobsen et al. 2020 hermit crab | |
Paguristes frigoscopulus n. sp.
Paguristes frigoscopulus n. sp. Jakobsen et al. 2020 hermit crab | |
Gastropoda | |
Faxetrochus problematicus n. sp.
Faxetrochus problematicus n. sp. Schnetler and Lozouet 2012 snail |