Where: Denmark (55.6° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° N, 6.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lillebaelt Clay Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, concretionary claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: concretion
Collection methods: surface (float)
• Repository: Geological Museum, Copenhagen (some material also at Geological Museum, Fredericia)
Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 2003. New crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Eocene (Ypresian/Lutetian) Lillebaelt Clay Formation of Jutland, Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 30:63-96 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 146258: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 19.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Malacostraca | |
Falsiportunites longispinosus n. gen. n. sp.
Falsiportunites longispinosus n. gen. n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
Goniochele madseni n. sp.
Goniochele madseni n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
Panopeus bessmanni n. sp.
Panopeus bessmanni n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
"Glyphithyreus bituberculatus n. sp." = Nitotacarcinus bituberculatus
"Glyphithyreus bituberculatus n. sp." = Nitotacarcinus bituberculatus Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
Fredericia barsoei n. gen. n. sp.
Fredericia barsoei n. gen. n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
"Laeviranina treldenaesensis n. sp." = Raninoides treldenaesensis
"Laeviranina treldenaesensis n. sp." = Raninoides treldenaesensis Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
Basinotopus tricornis n. sp.
Basinotopus tricornis n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 crab | |
? Pagurus langei n. sp.
? Pagurus langei n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 hermit crab | |
Ctenocheles anderseni n. sp.
Ctenocheles anderseni n. sp. Collins and Jakobsen 2003 decapod | |