Where: Denmark (56.0° N, 9.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 51.3° N, 13.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Brejning Clay Member (Vejle Fjord Formation), Chattian (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Brejning Clay Mbr of the Vejle Fjord Fm, which overlies the Branden Clay Fm (Chattian). AGE: Late Chattian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the member in this area.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified claystone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Museum, the University of Copenhagen.
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm. 2008. The molluscan fauna of the late Oligocene Branden Clay, Denmark. Palaeontos 15:1-92 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 111475: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 24.06.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gastropoda | |
Astraea pustulosa snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 keyhole limpet | |
Rissoa karsteni snail | |
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges
"Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus" = Arrhoges snail | |
Ancilla (Ancillus) karsteni olive snail | |
Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
Conomitra soellingensis ribbed mitre
"Vexillum (Uromitra) hastatum" = Uromitra ribbed mitre | |
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991 true whelk
Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica true whelk | |
Fusinus (Gracilipurpura) elatior Beyrich 1848 spindle shell
Streptodictyon schnetleri spindle shell
Streptodictyon soellingensis Tembrock 1965 spindle shell | |
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus
"Inquisitor obeliscus" = Stenodrillia obeliscus Desmoulins 1842 snail | |
"Conus (Leptoconus) semperi" = Leptoconus
"Conus (Leptoconus) semperi" = Leptoconus cone shell | |
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia holzapfeli" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii, Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi, Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia, Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata, Acamptogenotia morreni
Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) geinitzi turrid
Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia turrid
Acamptogenotia morreni turrid | |
Turehua subgranulata snail
Babylonella pusilla snail | |
Muricopsis peregra, Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus, Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus, Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus, Eopaziella capito, Eopaziella deshayesii
Muricopsis peregra Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus murex snail
Lyrotyphis (Eotyphis) sejunctus murex snail
Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus Beyrich 1854 murex snail
Eopaziella capito Philippi 1843 murex snail
Eopaziella deshayesii Nyst 1836 murex snail | |
Sassia flandrica triton shell | |
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria
"Phalium (Echinophoria) rondeleti" = Echinophoria snail | |
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail | |
Turriscala (Turriscala) rudis wentletrap
Opalia (Pliciscala) pusilla wentletrap | |
Scaphopoda | |
Antalis geminata tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula (Lamellinucula) compta nut clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi
"Nuculana (Saccella) westendorpi" = Saccella westendorpi Nyst and Westendorp 1839 pointed nut clam | |
Yoldia (Yoldia) glaberrima von Münster 1837 clam | |
Hilberia soellingensis scallop
Hilberia bifida Münster in Goldfuss 1835 scallop
Palliolum hausmanni scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop | |
Pycnodonte (Pycnodonte) callifera Lamarck 1819 oyster | |
Limopsis (Pectunculina) retifera Semper 1861 clam
Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 bittersweet clam | |
Panopea (Panopea) angusta, "Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella (Hiatella) arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 wrinkled rock-borer | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Angulus posterus tellin clam | |
Parvicardium kochi cockle | |
"Lucinoma borealis praecedens" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis praecedens
"Lucinoma borealis praecedens" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis praecedens von Koenen 1868 clam | |
Thyasira (Thyasira) flexuosa Montagu 1803 flexuose cleftclam | |
Astarte (Astarte) gracilis Golfuss 1837 clam |