Østklint, Fur (Copenhagen Museum coll) (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ølst Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• Stolle Klint clay, basal part of Ølst Formation

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, fine-grained, gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Museum of the Geological Institute, Copenhagen

Primary reference: A. Freiwald. 1990. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?) 4. Tipulidae. Meyniana 42:47-63 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152145: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula pachyvena n. sp. Freiwald 1990 crane fly
KM 11
Tipula binoculata Henriksen 1922 crane fly
KM 290, 301