Kopenhagen (Paleocene of Denmark)

Also known as Kopenhagen, Denmark

Where: Denmark (55.7° N, 12.6° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 44.6° N, 19.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. -J. Anderson. 1975. Die Fauna der palaeocaenen Hueckelhovener Schichten aus dem Schacht Sophia Jacoba 6 (Erkelenzer Horst, Niederrheinische Bucht). Teil 3: Scaphopoda, Gastropoda, Cephalopoda. Geologica et Palaeontologica 9:141-171 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3121: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 27.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris corneti bittersweet clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Acteocina plicatella barrel-bubble
originally entered as "Actaeocina plicatella"
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis nodifera" = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis nodifera" = Athleta (Volutocorbis) volute
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla flexuosa von Koenen 1885 olive snail
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
cf. Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell
originally entered as "Dentalium cf. rugiferum"