Struer, erratic block (Copenhagen coll) (Eocene of Denmark)
Where: Denmark (56.5° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.0° N, 5.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, concretionary mudstone
• The depositional environment was in the Palaeocene–Eocene precursor of the North Sea, which was an almost or entirely enclosed inland body, open to the Atlantic at least at times (Bonde 1997).
• "Cementstone"
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: surface (float),
• Repository: Mineralogical Museum, 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 156742: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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Cassida sp. Linnaeus 1758 tortoise beetle | |