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 | |
Forficula paleocaenica n. sp.
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Cyttaromyia scudderi n. sp.
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