Sample BO5, Bavnodde Greensand Formation, Bornholm (Cretaceous to of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.1° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Bavnodde Greensand Formation, Late/Upper Coniacian to Late/Upper Coniacian (89.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• upper Bavnodde Greensand Formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

• inner to ?middle shelf
• poorly sorted, glauconitic, fine-grained, silty quartz sand

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: the macrofauna of the formation comprises inoceramids, belemnites and ammonites

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 62525: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.07.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus ex gr. asymbatos
Xitus ex gr. asymbatos Foreman 1968 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra sp.
Dictyomitra sp. Zittel 1876 radiolarian
several species
 Radiolaria -
Spumellaria indet.
Spumellaria indet. Ehrenberg 1875 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum sp.
Archaeospongoprunum sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
several species
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus
Pseudoaulophacus lenticulatus White 1928 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma "sp. 1", Orbiculiforma monticelloensis, Orbiculiforma quadrata, Orbiculiforma vacaensis
Orbiculiforma "sp. 1" Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
Orbiculiforma vacaensis Pessagno 1973 radiolarian