Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.4° 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
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by Henrik Madsen, Bent Mikkelsen
• Repository: Molermuseet = private collections of Henrik Madsen and Bent S. Mikkelsen, Skarrehage, Mors
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 113030: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cylindrotoma monikae n. sp.2
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Danochrysa madseni n. gen. n. sp.4
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