Where: Denmark (57.3° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 57.1° N, 6.4° 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 111474: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) compta nut clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam | |
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Angulus posterus tellin clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis geminata tusk shell
Fissidentalium polypleurum tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail | |
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii, Acamptogenotia morreni, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid | |
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail | |
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre | |
Searlesia mitgaui von Koenen 1867 true whelk
Aquilofusus mothsi true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap |