Island of Mors (Moler Museum coll) (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.8° 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

• 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 Madsen

• Repository: Molermuseum, Island of Mors, Jutland, Denmark

Primary reference: J. F. Petrulevičius, T. Wappler, S. Wedmann, J. Rust, and A. Nel. 2008. New megapodagrionid Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Paleogene of Europe. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1173-1181 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 114153: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 11.08.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Odonata -
Furagrion jutlandicus
Furagrion jutlandicus Henriksen 1922 damselfly
MM 16-B3618, MM 14M-C2557, MM 12601
 Dermaptera - Forficulidae
Forficula paleocaenica3
Forficula paleocaenica3 Willmann 1990 common earwig
BS I 127, BS I 140
 Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Furhylobius troesteri n. gen. n. sp.2
Furhylobius troesteri n. gen. n. sp.2 Legalov 2015 snout beetle
CC I3467
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula limfjordensis n. sp.1
Tipula limfjordensis n. sp.1 Freiwald 1990 crane fly
BSM 109
1Freiwald 1990; 2Legalov 2015; 3Willmann 1990