Where: Denmark (56.0° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.9° N, 6.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brejning Clay Member (Vejle Fjord Formation), Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brejning Clay Mbr of the Vejle Fjord Fm, which overlies the Branden Clay Fm (Chattian). AGE: Late Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the member in this area.
• member-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 111475: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Astraea pustulosa snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail | |
Rissoa karsteni snail | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) karsteni olive snail | |
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 snail
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 snail | |
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk | |
Turehua subgranulata snail
Babylonella pusilla snail | |
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus, Eopaziella deshayesii, Eopaziella capito, Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus, Muricopsis peregra
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail
Eopaziella capito Philippi 1843 murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus murex snail
Muricopsis peregra Beyrich 1854 murex snail | |
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre
Conomitra soellingensis ribbed mitre
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre | |
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail | |
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Conus (Leptoconus) semperi cone shell | |
Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii, Acamptogenotia morreni, Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid
Acamptogenotia morreni 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 | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap
Turriscala (Turriscala) rudis wentletrap | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis geminata tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam | |
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Lucinoma borealis praecedens
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Parvicardium kochi cockle | |
Angulus posterus tellin clam | |
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica, Panopea (Panopea) angusta
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Palliolum hausmanni scallop
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam
Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera Semper 1861 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) compta nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam |