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

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