Skarrehage Molergrav, Mors (Moler Museum collection) (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (57.0° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 52.5° N, 5.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Earliest Early Eocene "An Early Eocene age of 54.04 ± 0.14 Ma has been determined for layer +19 and 54.52 ± 0.05 Ma for layer −17 by the Ar40–Ar39 method (Chambers et al. 2003).

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic

• The depositional environment was in the Palaeocene–Eocene precursor of the North Sea, which was an almost or entirely enclosed inland body, open to the Atlantic at least at times (Bonde 1997).
• "The Danish insects discussed here are from the marine Fur Formation, about 50-60 m of diatomite and tephra layers, which, with the Ølst Formation, constitute the Mo-clay in the northern Jutland region" Archibald & Makarkin, 2006

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Henrik Madsen, Mikkelsen

Primary reference: S. Andersen. 2001. Silky lacewings (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae) from the Eocene-Paleocene transition of Denmark with a review of the fossil record and comments on phylogeny and zoogeography. Insect Systematics & Evolution 32:419-438 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 113028: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Palaeopsychops latifasciatus, Palaeopsychops angustifasciatus
Palaeopsychops latifasciatus Andersen 2001 moth lacewing
MMSM 11-A4498
Palaeopsychops angustifasciatus Andersen 2001 moth lacewing
MMSM 11-A2053, MMSM 11-2776
 Hemiptera - Aphididae
Siphonophoroides breineri2
Siphonophoroides breineri2 Heie 1967 aphid
M-8 Coll. Walter Kühne
 Hemiptera - Gerridae
Palaeogerris furensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Palaeogerris furensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Andersen 1998 water strider
Madsen 11-3250
1Andersen 1998; 2Heie 1970