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
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 | |
Gonimyrtea droueti, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Lucinoma borealis praecedens
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"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam | |
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam
Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera Semper 1861 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap
Turriscala (Turriscala) rudis wentletrap | |
Alvania tenuisculpta snail
Alvania ellenorae snail | |
Amaurellina cf. angustata moon snail
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail | |
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 snail SUBSPECIES: Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior posterior
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 snail | |
Angistoma brueckneri, Liomesus brandensis n. sp., Searlesia dentifera, Searlesia mitgaui, Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica, Aquilofusus mothsi n. sp., Aquilofusus birgitteae n. sp., Aquilofusus marqueti n. sp., Aquilofusus sp.
Liomesus brandensis n. sp. true whelk
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk
Searlesia mitgaui von Koenen 1867 true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk
Aquilofusus mothsi n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus birgitteae n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus marqueti n. sp. true whelk
Aquilofusus sp. Kautsky 1925 true whelk | |
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra, Pseudocochlespira schwarzhansi n. sp., Orthosurcula regularis, Conomitra soellingensis
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira schwarzhansi n. sp. ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
Conomitra soellingensis ribbed mitre | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) karsteni olive snail | |
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus, Muricopsis peregra, Eopaziella capito, Eopaziella deshayesii, Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus
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
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus Beyrich 1854 murex snail | |
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Oenopota ronaldjansseni n. sp. cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) semperi cone shell | |
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail | |
Aphanitoma ingerae n. sp., Acamptogenotia morreni, Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii, Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata
Aphanitoma ingerae n. sp. turrid
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid | |
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
Brachystomia sp. Monterosato 1884 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium polypleurum tusk shell
Antalis geminata tusk shell |