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.
• bed-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 35264: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2003, edited by Marcus Apel, Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
Nucula densistriata nut clam
? Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam | |
Nuculana crassistria pointed nut clam
Nuculana ovoides pointed nut clam | |
Crenella sphaericula clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Lima geinitzi file clam | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Chlamys palaeocaenica scallop | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra canaliculata oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939 clam | |
Lucina lepis clam
Lucina planistria clam | |
Lyonsia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Laternula (Laternulina) ravni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Gari sp. Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Protocardia semidecussata cockle
Loxocardium cf. tenuitesta cockle | |
Circe angelini venus clam | |
Venericardia roedeli clam | |
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella hauniensis Ravn 1939 clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata Ravn 1939 snail
Mathilda lemchei Ravn 1939 snail
Acrocoelum gracilis snail
Acrocoelum obtusa snail | |
Odostomia undifera snail
Turbonilla beyrichi snail | |
Crenilabium elatum snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail | |
Gilbertina ultima, "Ringiculina erratica" = Ringicula (Ringiculina)
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Architectonica koeneni sundial | |
Cylichna discifera snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
"Acrilla fenestrata" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa), Cerithiscala hauniensis
"Acrilla fenestrata" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
Cerithiscala hauniensis wentletrap | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
Bayania obtusata snail | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Cerithiopsis grewingki snail
Cerithiopsis similis snail | |
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Sassia danica n. sp.
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"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
Brocchinia tricincta snail | |
Pseudocochlespira koeneni ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira boeggildi ribbed mitre | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi, Suessonia densestriata, Suessonia canalifera, Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp.
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi true whelk
Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 true whelk | |
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp.
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Fusus danicus snail | |
Cordieria binodosa snail | |
"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Alvania hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Tectonatica lindstroemi moon snail
Lunatia detracta moon snail
Lunatia detrita moon snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sundkrogensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 tusk shell |