Faxoe (MCZ collection) (Paleocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.3° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 32(143):349-647 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 166362: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 09.02.2015, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras faxoense n. sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Eoatlanta ravni n. sp. Schnetler 2013 hoof shell