Mogenstrup section: Chattian, Denmark

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
3 category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Sareptidae
Portlandia pygmaea
4 category
subgenus Yoldiella
Portlandia pygmaea
4 category
subgenus Yoldiella
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia glaberrima (von Münster 1837)
3 category
recombined as Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima
subgenus Yoldia
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana westendorpi (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
3 category
recombined as Saccella westendorpi
subgenus Saccella
Nuculana westendorpi (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
3 category
recombined as Saccella westendorpi
subgenus Saccella
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula peregrina
2 category
Leionucula peregrina
2 category
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
3 category
subgenus Lamellinucula
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
3 category
subgenus Lamellinucula
Nucula comta Goldfuss 1837
4 category
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta
subgenus Lamellinucula
Nucula comta Goldfuss 1837
4 category
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) comta
subgenus Lamellinucula
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula pygmaea (Philippi 1843)
3 category
Arcoperna sp. Conard 1865
3 category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae
Musculus sp. Roding 1798
3 category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea cyathula (Lamarck 1806)
3 category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Limea nysti
2 category
subgenus Notolimea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus squamula (Linnaeus 1758)
2 category
recombined as Heteranomia squamula
subgenus Heteranomia
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
3 category
subgenus Anomia
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Lentipecten corneus (Sowerby 1818)
4 category
subgenus Lentipecten
Palliolum venosum
1 category
genus sensu lato
Palliolum limatum
3 category
genus sensu lato; subspecies limatum
Palliolum limatum
2 category
genus sensu lato; subsepcies ambignum
Palliolum hausmanni
3 category
gensu sensu lato; subspecies hausmanni
Pecten soellingensis
1 category
subgenus Hilberia
Pecten bifidus Menke 1843
3 category
replaced by Pecten fumatus
subgenus Hilberia; subspecies bifidus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp. (de Gregorio 1884)
4 category
original and current combination Pecten (Propeamussium)
subgenus Parvamussium
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis vonderhotchi
5 category
subgenus Pectunculina
Limopsis retifera Semper 1861
6 category
recombined as Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera
subgenus Pectunculina
Limopsis lamellata Lehmann 1885
7 category
recombined as Limopsis (Pectunculina) lamellata
subgenus Pectunculina; subspecies chattica
Limopsis aurita (Brocchi 1814)
6 category
recombined as Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita
subgenus Limopsis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris obovata (Lamarck 1819)
2 category
recombined as Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata
subgenus Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Bathyarca bellula
4 category
Acar aff. dentiens
5 category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia aff. kickxi
5 category
subgenus Cyclocardia
Cyclocardia depressa
1 category
subgenus Cyclocardia
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte goldfussi
4 category
subgenus Astarte; subspecies praecursor
Astarte gracilis Golfuss 1837
1 category
subgenus Astarte; subspecies gracilis
Goodallia pygmaea
4 category
subgenus Goodallia
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)
4 category
subgenus Hiatella
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Pecchiolia sp. Savi and Meneghini 1850
1 category
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844
3 category
subgenus Vericordia; aff. punctata
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Spheniopsidae
Spheniopsis depressa
1 category
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria subcuspidata
3 category
subgenus Cuspidaria
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromya hanleyana
3 category
subgenus Poromya
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Lyonsiidae
Lyonsia obovata
1 category
subgenus Lyonsia
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
1 category
subgenus Thracia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parvicardium kochi
4 category
Laevicardium excomatulum
3 category
subgenus Habecardium
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra bosqueti
4 category
subgenus Abra
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Angulus posterus
2 category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga sp. Blainville 1824
1 category
? Corraliophaga
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista beyrichi
1 category
subgenus Costacallista
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Spaniodontella nitida
2 category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus subtransversus
2 category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
4 category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Jouannetia sp. Des Moulins 1828
1 category
subgenus Jouannetia; aff. neuvillei
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
2 category
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
subgenus Varicorbula
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Sphenia abscisa
1 category
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844
1 category
aff. subfusiformis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Rhabdidae
Rhabdus sp. Pilsbry and Sharp 1897
2 category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium geminatum
5 category
subgenus Dentalium
Dentalium polypleurum
4 category
subgenus Dentalium
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Cocculina dittmeri
3 category
subgenus Cocculina
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Tubiola subangulata
3 category
sp. nov.
Tubiola sp. Adams 1863
2 category
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Homalopoma somplex
3 category
subgenus Boutillieria
Homalopoma sp. Carpenter 1864
1 category
subgenus ?Leptothyropsis
Astraea infausta
1 category
subgenus Bolma
Astraea pustulosa
7 category
subgenus Lithopoma
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Collonia troelsi
6 category
subgenus Collonia; sp. nov.
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella koenenia
3 category
subgenus Anatoma
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Lepetellidae
Lepetella compressiuscula
3 category
Lepetella helgae
2 category
sp. nov.
Lepetella jyttae
4 category
sp. nov.
see common names

Geography
Country:Denmark State/province:Jutland
Coordinates: 55.2° North, 11.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:55.1° North, 8.7° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Chattian
Key time interval:Chattian Zone: Chattian B
Age range of interval:28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vejle Fjord Member:Brejning Clay
Local section:Modenstrup Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: age determined from molluscs and otoliths
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,glauconitic,sideritic argillaceous siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: light-greenish, clayey silt, rich in glauconite, and containing fragments of shells. in the uppermost metre three horizons of siderite concretions occur. these contain flattened horizontal burrows, indicating that compaction took place prior to cementation. the thickness of the unit is at least 2 m. the base is not visible. the fauna described in this paper was found in the uppermost 20 cm of this unit, where green sand, consisting entirely of glauconite and containing an extremely rich fauna, is associated with the concretions.
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:frequency of specimens:

1: 1/2-1 specimens

2: 2-3 specimens

3: 3-10 specimens

4: 11-40 specimens

5: 41-125 specimens

6: 126-350 specimens

7: more than 350 specimens

number of scaphopods is estimated.

single valve of a bivalve = 1/2 specimen

Metadata
Database number:9176
Authorizer:T. Olszewski Enterer:T. Olszewski
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-09-29 13:00:23 Last modified:2020-01-03 14:08:29
Access level:the public Released:2000-09-29 13:00:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

797. K. I. Schnetler and C. Beyer. 1990. A Late Oligocene (Chattian B) Molluscan Fauna from the Coastal Cliff at Mogenstrup, North of Skive, Jutland, Denmark. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology; Mededelingen van de Werkgroep voor Tertaire en Kwartaire Geologie 27(2-3):39-81 [T. Olszewski/T. Olszewski]