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 35265: 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
unclassified | |
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Cephalopoda | |
Nautilidae indet.1 de Blainville 1825 | |
Bivalvia | |
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
Nucula densistria 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
? Arcoperna sp. Conard 1865 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 | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 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, Crassatella hauniensis
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam
Crassatella hauniensis Ravn 1939 clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cyclostrema denselineatum Ravn 1939 snail | |
Solariella (Solariella) ravni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata Ravn 1939 snail
Mathilda lemchei Ravn 1939 snail
Acrocoelum gracilis snail
Acrocoelum obtusa snail | |
Odostomia undifera snail
Turbonilla beyrichi snail | |
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Crenilabium elatum snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail | |
Gilbertina ultima, "Ringiculina erratica" = Ringicula (Ringiculina)
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Pseudomalaxis pingeli snail
Pseudomalaxis groenwalli snail
"Architectonia koeneni" = Architectonica sundial | |
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Cylichna discifera snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Pleurotomidae indet. snail | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
"Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Acrilla fenestrata" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Acrilla bruennichi" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa), Cerithiscala hauniensis
"Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
"Acrilla fenestrata" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
"Acrilla bruennichi" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
"Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala) wentletrap
"Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) wentletrap
Cerithiscala hauniensis wentletrap | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp.
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp. Schnetler 2001 horn snail | |
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
Bayania obtusata snail | |
"Seila (Notoseila) heilmannclauseni" = Notoseila snail
Cerithiopsis similis snail
Cerithiopsis hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
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"Charonia (Sassia) bjerringi" = Sassia, Charonia (Sassia) danica
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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 | |
Levifusus moerchi snail
Sycostoma striata snail | |
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi, Suessonia densestriata, Suessonia canalifera, Siphonalia hauniensis, Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp.
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi true whelk
Suessonia densestriata true whelk
Suessonia canalifera true whelk
Siphonalia hauniensis 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 | |
Sveltella planistria, Sveltella multistriata, Kroisbachia conoidea, Cancellaria jakobseni n. sp., Admetula latesulcata, Babylonella ravni
Sveltella planistria snail
Sveltella multistriata snail
Kroisbachia conoidea snail
Admetula latesulcata snail
Babylonella ravni snail | |
Cordieria binodosa, "Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma)
Cordieria binodosa snail
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma) snail | |
"Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula, Eopleurotoma selandica, Genotia brevior
"Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula turrid
Eopleurotoma selandica turrid
Genotia brevior turrid | |
"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
Scaphella crenistria volute
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 sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sundkrogensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 tusk shell |