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)
• Selandian - Correlated with Lellinge Greensand with nannoplankton
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; unlithified, brown claystone
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 35267: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2003, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Patella subglabra Ravn 1939 limpet | |
Solariella (Solariella) hauniensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Entomope kirstineae n. sp.
Entomope kirstineae n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Naticidae indet., Tectonatica lindstroemi, Amauropsella decussata, Lunatia detracta, Lunatia detrita
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Tectonatica lindstroemi moon snail
Amauropsella decussata moon snail
Lunatia detracta moon snail
Lunatia detrita moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis grewingki snail
Cerithiopsis similis snail
Thereitis weinbrechti n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
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Alvania hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Levifusus moerchi snail
Sycostoma striata snail | |
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp.
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Fusus danicus snail | |
Clavella hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail
Streptolathyrus danicus n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Siphonalia hauniensis true whelk
Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 true whelk
Suessonia densestriata true whelk
Suessonia canalifera true whelk | |
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 | |
Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
"Pseudoliva koeneni" = Fusulculus koeneni
"Pseudoliva koeneni" = Fusulculus koeneni Ravn 1939 snail | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Pseudocochlespira koeneni ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira boeggildi ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira rosenkrantzi n. sp. Schnetler 2001 ribbed mitre | |
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma), Cordieria binodosa
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma) snail
Cordieria binodosa 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 | |
Brocchinia tricincta snail | |
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
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Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885 snail | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
Opalia (Pliciscala) thomseni n. sp., "Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Acrilla bruennichi" = Epitonium (Acrilla), "Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala)
Opalia (Pliciscala) thomseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 wentletrap
"Acrilla gryi" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
"Acrilla bruennichi" = Epitonium (Acrilla) wentletrap
"Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala) wentletrap | |
Bayania obtusata snail | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
Crenilabium elatum snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail | |
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Pseudomalaxis pingeli snail
Architectonica koeneni sundial | |
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Turbonilla beyrichi, Cingulina harderi n. sp., Odostomia undifera, Chrysallida (Parthenina) peterseni n. sp., Syrnola (Syrnola) granti n. sp.
Turbonilla beyrichi snail
Cingulina harderi n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail
Odostomia undifera snail
Chrysallida (Parthenina) peterseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail
Syrnola (Syrnola) granti n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Actaeopyramis marcusseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Acrocoelum gracilis, Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata, Mathilda lemchei, "Mathilda (Fimbriatella) quadricincta" = Fimbriatella
Acrocoelum gracilis snail
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata Ravn 1939 snail
Mathilda lemchei Ravn 1939 snail
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) quadricincta" = Fimbriatella snail | |
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? Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
Cylichna discifera snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Pleurotomidae indet. snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell
Dentalium sundkrogensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 tusk shell | |
Siphonodentalium intumescens tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Venericardia roedeli clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam | |
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam | |
Lucina planistria clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Circe angelini, "Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae
Circe angelini venus clam
"Pitarinae indet." = Callocardiinae Dall 1895 venus clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Lyonsia sp. Turton 1822 clam | |
Laternula (Laternulina) ravni Schnetler 2001 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
? Arcoperna sp. Conard 1865 mussel | |
Crenella sphaericula clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra canaliculata oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chlamys palaeocaenica scallop | |
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939 clam | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Nucula densistria nut clam
? Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam | |
Nuculana crassistria pointed nut clam
Nuculana symmetrica pointed nut clam
Nuculana ovoides pointed nut clam | |
Portlandia (Yoldiella) nielseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 clam |