Where: Denmark (55.1° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 13.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Arnager Limestone Formation, Middle Coniacian (89.3 - 85.8 Ma)
• Orbiculiforma vacaensis subzone (Alievium praegallowayi zone); upper Arnager Limestone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: the macrofauna of the formation comprises inoceramids, belemnites, brachiopods, ammonites and sponges
Primary reference: S. R. Packer and M. B. Hart. 2005. Coniacian-Santonian Radiolaria from the Upper Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark: A preliminary investigation. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 52(2):141-157 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62510: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Protozoa | |
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Spumellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian | |
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Praeconocaryomma universa Pessagno 1976 radiolarian
Praeconocaryomma californiaensis Pessagno 1976 radiolarian | |
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Archaeospongoprunum bipartitum Pessagno 1973 radiolarian | |
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Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus White 1928 radiolarian | |
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Crucella cachensis Pessagno 1971 radiolarian
Crucella espartoensis Pessagno 1971 radiolarian | |
? Orbiculiforma regis, Orbiculiforma persenex, Orbiculiforma quadrata, Orbiculiforma vacaensis, Orbiculiforma multa
? Orbiculiforma regis radiolarian
Orbiculiforma persenex radiolarian
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma vacaensis Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma multa Kozlova 1966 radiolarian | |
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Dictyomitra multicostata Zittel 1876 radiolarian | |