Nye Klow 20 (Paleocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.8° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shale

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 2995: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Isocrania costata, Crania tuberculata
Isocrania costata Sowerby 1823
in reworked Maastrichtian chlak pebbles
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonella sp.
Rhynchonella sp. Fischer 1809
 Rhynchonellida - Cryptoporidae
Cryptopora sp. n. sp.
Cryptopora sp. n. sp. Jeffreys 1869
originally entered as "Cryptopora n. sp."
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. n. sp., Argyrotheca stevensis, Argyrotheca aff. bronnii
Argyrotheca sp. n. sp. Dall 1900
"n. sp. 5" - originally entered as "Argyrotheca n. sp. 5"
Argyrotheca stevensis Nielsen 1928
in reworked Maastrichtian chlak pebbles
Argyrotheca aff. bronnii Roemer 1841
"n. sp. aff. bronnii" - originally entered as "Argyrotheca n. sp. aff. bronnii"
 Terebratulida -
Gwyniella sp. n. sp.
Gwyniella sp. n. sp. Johanson 1987
originally entered as "Gwyniella n. sp."
 Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae
Terebratulina chrysalis
Terebratulina chrysalis Schlotheim 1813
in reworked Maastrichtian chlak pebbles
 Terebratulida - Chlidonophoridae
Rugia sp. n. sp.
Rugia sp. n. sp. Steinich 1963
"n. sp. 1" - originally entered as "Rugia n. sp. 1"