Østklint, Fur, horizon E (Fur 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

Collected by M. Breiner

• Repository: Fur Museum, Fur

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 152147: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula furensis n. sp. Freiwald 1990 crane fly
FM 157; 783 (horizon D or E)
 Dermaptera - Forficulidae
Forficula paleocaenica Willmann 1990 common earwig
FM 1092, 1093; 179 (horizon not given)