Where: Denmark (55.7° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• In Copenhagen the lower part of the Lellinge Greensand contains nannofossils of lower NP5 (Stouge et al., 2000) and planktonic foraminifera of subzone P3a or older. In the dark clay at a higher level, planktonic foraminifera indicate zone P3. Together, suggests an early Selandian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, glauconitic, green, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Restudy of Harder's classical collection
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2003, edited by Marcus Apel, Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Cephalopoda | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sundkrogensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomidae indet. snail | |
Mathilda lemchei Ravn 1939 snail
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata Ravn 1939 snail
Acrocoelum gracilis snail
Acrocoelum obtusa snail | |
Odostomia undifera snail
Turbonilla beyrichi snail | |
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
"Architectonia koeneni" = Architectonica sundial
Pseudomalaxis pingeli snail
Pseudomalaxis groenwalli snail | |
Crenilabium elatum snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail | |
Gilbertina ultima, "Ringiculina erratica" = Ringicula (Ringiculina)
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
Solariella (Solariella) ravni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Cyclostrema denselineatum Ravn 1939 snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
Cylichna discifera snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
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Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
Bayania obtusata snail | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp.
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp. Schnetler 2001 horn snail | |
Acrilla gryi, Acrilla fenestrata, Acrilla bruennichi, "Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala), Cerithiscala hauniensis, "Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa)
Acrilla gryi wentletrap
Acrilla fenestrata wentletrap
Acrilla bruennichi wentletrap
"Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala) wentletrap
Cerithiscala hauniensis wentletrap
"Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) wentletrap | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Tectonatica lindstroemi moon snail
Lunatia detracta moon snail
Lunatia detrita moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis similis snail
Cerithiopsis hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail
"Seila (Notoseila) heilmannclauseni" = Notoseila snail | |
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Alvania hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp.
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Fusus danicus snail | |
Suessonia densestriata, Suessonia canalifera, Tritonidea rosenkrantzi, Siphonalia hauniensis, Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp.
Suessonia densestriata true whelk
Suessonia canalifera true whelk
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi true whelk
Siphonalia hauniensis true whelk
Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 true whelk | |
Sycostoma striata snail
Levifusus moerchi snail | |
Cancellaria jakobseni n. sp., Kroisbachia conoidea, Sveltella planistria, Sveltella multistriata, Admetula latesulcata, Babylonella ravni
Kroisbachia conoidea snail
Sveltella planistria snail
Sveltella multistriata snail
Admetula latesulcata snail
Babylonella ravni snail | |
Brocchinia tricincta snail | |
Genotia brevior, "Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula, Eopleurotoma selandica
Genotia brevior turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula turrid
Eopleurotoma selandica turrid | |
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria binodosa
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma) snail
Cordieria binodosa snail | |
"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Pseudocochlespira koeneni ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira boeggildi ribbed mitre | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Scaphella crenistria volute
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885 snail | |
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
"Charonia (Sassia) bjerringi" = Sassia, Charonia (Sassia) danica
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Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana crassistria pointed nut clam
Nuculana ovoides pointed nut clam | |
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
Nucula densistria nut clam
? Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam | |
Crenella sphaericula clam | |
? Arcoperna sp. Conard 1865 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Chlamys palaeocaenica scallop | |
Lima geinitzi file clam | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra canaliculata oyster | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939 clam | |
Loxocardium cf. tenuitesta cockle
Protocardia semidecussata cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Circe angelini venus clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Crassatella hauniensis, "Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa
Crassatella hauniensis Ravn 1939 clam
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam | |
Venericardia roedeli clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam |