Faxe (SGPHM coll) (Paleocene of Denmark)

Also known as Fakse

Where: Denmark (55.3° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Faxe Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collection methods: Repository: Geologisch-Paläontologisches Institut der Universität Hamburg, SGPHM

Primary reference: K. Bandel. 2010. Relationships of the Triassic Eucycloidea Koken, 1897 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) to modern genera such as Pagodatrochus, Calliotropis and Euchelus, based on morphology of the early shell. Bulletin of Geosciences 85:435-486 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137438: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.12.2012, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Danilia faxensis Ravn 1933 snail
Danilia quadricordata Ravn 1933 snail
Danilia fenestrata Ravn 1933 snail
Eucycloscala ultima Ravn 1933 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypraedia ravni" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) ravni, "Cypraedia separabilis" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) separabilis
"Cypraedia ravni" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) ravni Schilder 1928 snail
"Cypraedia separabilis" = Cypraedia (Cypraedia) separabilis Schilder 1928 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Protocypraea globuliformis" = Bernaya (Protocypraea) globuliformis Ravn 1902 cowry
"Vicetia faxensis" = Palaeocypraea (Palaeocypraea) faxensis Schilder 1928 cowry
Palaeocypraea spirata von Schlotheim 1820 cowry
Palaeocypraea suecica Schilder 1928 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
"Eocypraea bullaria" = Eocypraea (Eocypraea) bullaria von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Eocypraea danica Schilder 1928 snail