Nye Klov 5 (Cretaceous of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 10.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• lithology described as chalk

Primary reference: F. Surlyk and M. B. Johansen. 1984. End-Cretaceous brachiopod extinctions in the chalk of Denmark. Science 223(4641):1174-1177 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2969: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
aff. Isocrania costata Sowerby 1823
originally entered as "Isocrania aff. costata"
Isocrania costata Sowerby 1823
aff. Crania craniolaris Linnaeus 1758
originally entered as "Crania aff. craniolaris"
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
Cretirhynchia sp. Pettitt 1950
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena pentangulata Woodward 1833
 Terebratulida - Platidiidae
? Scumulus sp.
originally entered as "Scumulus? sp."
cf. Aemula inusitata Steinich 1968
originally entered as "Aemula cf. inusitata"
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca stevensis Nielsen 1928
Argyrotheca bronnii Roemer 1841
Argyrotheca hirundo Hagenow 1842
originally entered as "Angyrotheca hirundo"
 Terebratulida -
? Leptothyrellopsis sp. Bitner and Pisera 1979
originally entered as "Leptothyrellopsis? sp."
Magas chitoniformis Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
Terebratulina gracilis Schlotheim 1813
 Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
aff. Rugia tenuicostata Steinich 1963
originally entered as "Rugia aff. tenuicostata"
Rugia acutirostris Steinich 1965
Gisilina jasmundi Steinich 1965
Meonia semiglobularis Posselt 1894
 Terebratulida - Gibbithyrididae