Knudegrav, Fur (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.6° 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. 1991. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?). 5. Cylindrotomidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha). Meyniana 43:97-123 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152151: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Dermaptera - Forficulidae
Forficula paleocaenica n. sp. Willmann 1990 common earwig
FM 178 (Knuden), 181 (Knuden, horizon B)
 Diptera - Cylindrotomidae
Cyttaromyia scudderi n. sp. Freiwald 1991 long bodied crane fly
FM 762; 774 (collection not stated)