Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Earliest Early Eocene "An Early Eocene age of 54.04 ± 0.14 Ma has been determined for layer +19 and 54.52 ± 0.05 Ma for layer −17 by the Ar40–Ar39 method (Chambers et al. 2003). Between Ash layers +25 & +30
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified diatomite and volcaniclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by H. Madsen
• Repository: Moler Museum, Mors
Primary reference: O. E. Heie. 1993. Insects from the Fur-Formation in Denmark (Mo-clay, upper Paleocene/lowermost Eocene?). 8. Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Meyniana 45:57-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 152157: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.11.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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