Where: Denmark (56.0° N, 9.3° E: paleocoordinates 55.5° N, 5.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Viborg Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Viborg Fm, which is overlain by the Branden Clay Fm (Chattian). AGE: Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the member in this area.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; 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 111476: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euspira nysti moon snail | |
Angistoma brueckneri true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk
Aquilofusus sp. Kautsky 1925 true whelk | |
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre | |
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus murex snail
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail | |
Drilliola bicingulata snail | |
Acamptogenotia morreni, Fusiturris selysiia, Fusiturris duchastelii, Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid
Fusiturris selysiia turrid
Fusiturris duchastelii turrid
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium polypleurum tusk shell
Antalis geminata tusk shell |