Branden [Branden Clay] (Oligocene of Denmark)

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

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. Otoliths, shark teeth, serpulids, anthozoa, brachiopods and sea urchins are also present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Lucinida - Thyasiridae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Gonimyrtea droueti Nyst 1861 clam
SUBSPECIES: Gonimyrtea droueti gracilis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
SUBSPECIES: Lucinoma borealis praecedens
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Glossidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Solariellidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 snail
SUBSPECIES: Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior posterior
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Angistoma brueckneri true whelk
SUBSPECIES: Angistoma brueckneri danica
Liomesus brandensis n. sp. true whelk
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk
Searlesia mitgaui von Koenen 1867 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
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira schwarzhansi n. sp. ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
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
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Sassia flandrica triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Newtoniellidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae