Hanklit, Mors (Copenhagen collection) (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.4° 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: Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Primary reference: K. L. Henriksen. 1922. Eocene insects from Denmark. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse 37:1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 152152: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Tipulidae
Tipula limfjordensis Freiwald 1990 crane fly
KM 317
 Hemiptera - Cixiidae
Cixiidae indet. Spinola 1839 cixiid planthopper