Where: Denmark (55.7° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• In Copenhagen the lower part of the Lellinge Greensand contains nannofossils of lower NP5 (Stouge et al., 2000) and planktonic foraminifera of subzone P3a or older. In the dark clay at a higher level, planktonic foraminifera indicate zone P3. Together, suggests an early Selandian age.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, glauconitic, green, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Restudy of Harder's classical collection
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35263: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculina glabra" = Nucinella glabra
"Nuculina glabra" = Nucinella glabra Ravn 1939 Nut Clam | |
Nucula densistriata nut clam
? Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam | |
Nuculana crassistria pointed nut clam
Nuculana ovoides pointed nut clam | |
Circe angelini venus clam | |
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Loxocardium cf. tenuitesta cockle | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Lyonsia baltica clam | |
Laternula (Laternulina) ravni Schnetler 2001 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Crassatella groenwalli, "Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam | |
Venericardia roedeli clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Crenella sphaericula clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939 clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra canaliculata oyster | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Plicatula selandica n. sp.
Plicatula selandica n. sp. Schnetler 2001 scallop | |
Lima geinitzi file clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sundkrogensis Schnetler 2001 tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
Bayania obtusata snail | |
Bittium oedumi n. sp.
Bittium oedumi n. sp. Schnetler 2001 cerith snail | |
Cerithiella monbergi snail | |
Cerithiopsidella (Vatopsis) rasmusseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Notoseila heilmannclauseni n. sp., Notoseila anderseni n. sp., Cerithiopsis similis, Cerithiopsis hauniensis
Cerithiopsis similis snail
Cerithiopsis hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
Lacuna (Pseudocirsope) ovalis periwinkle | |
Alvania hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Tectonatica lindstroemi moon snail | |
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Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885 snail | |
Pseudoandonia crispata cone shell | |
"Pseudotoma inconspicua" = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria binodosa
"Pseudotoma inconspicua" = Genota (Pseudotoma) snail
Cordieria binodosa snail | |
Genotia brevior, Eopleurotoma selandica, "Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula
Genotia brevior turrid
Eopleurotoma selandica turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula turrid | |
Brocchinia tricincta snail | |
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Pseudocochlespira koeneni ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira boeggildi ribbed mitre | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
"Pseudoliva koeneni" = Fusulculus koeneni
"Pseudoliva koeneni" = Fusulculus koeneni Ravn 1939 snail | |
Sveltella multistriata snail
Kroisbachia conoidea snail
Admetula latesulcata snail
Admete curta admete
Babylonella ravni snail | |
Fusus danicus snail | |
Siphonalia hauniensis true whelk
Siphonalia ariejansseni Schnetler 2001 true whelk | |
Fusimitra densistria mitre shell | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Teinostoma ledoni Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Cerithiscala hauniensis, "Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla), Cirsotrema hauniensis n. sp., "Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa)
Cerithiscala hauniensis wentletrap
"Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala) wentletrap
"Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
Cirsotrema hauniensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 wentletrap | |
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Architectonica koeneni sundial | |
"Ringiculina erratica" = Ringicula (Ringiculina), Gilbertina ultima
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Crenilabium elatum snail
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail | |
Pleurotomidae indet. snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
Cylichna discifera snail |