Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• Isolated boulders of the Lellinge Greensand Limestone, Middle Paleocene (Lower Selandian). 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, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collection derived from specimens reposited in the Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 1995. A new crab, Rogeus robustus, from the Middle Paleocene of Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 22:61-65 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/L. Baltzly]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51500: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.06.2005, edited by Lerin Baltzly
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Crinoidea | |
Isselicrinus paucicirrhus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily | |
Nielsenicrinus obsoletus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
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Bivalvia | |
Nucula densistria nut clam | |
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Lima (Lima) geinitzi file clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Cimomia sp. Conrad 1866 | |
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Siphonodentalium intumescens tusk shell | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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Metacerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator turret shell | |
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827 periwinkle | |
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia Bellardi 1872 triton shell | |
Arrhoges gracilis snail | |
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Ancilla (Sparella) flexuosa von Koenen 1885 olive snail | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail | |
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Actaeonidea (Crenilabium) elata von Koenen 1885 snail
Tornatellaea regularis von Koenen 1885 snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
Cylichna discifera snail | |
Malacostraca | |
Oncopareia klintebjergensis n. sp.
Oncopareia klintebjergensis n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 clawed lobster | |
Camarocarcinus obtusus n. sp.
Camarocarcinus obtusus n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 crab | |
Rogueus robustus Collins and Jakobsen 1995 crab | |
Anthozoa | |
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa v. Koenen 1885 stony coral |