Viborg Formation: Rupelian, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Antalis geminata
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Fissidentalium polypleurum
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira nysti
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Angistoma brueckneri
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Scalaspira (Scalaspira) erratica
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Aquilofusus sp.
Kautsky 1925
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Merica) evulsa
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Turehua subgranulata
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Babylonella pusilla
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula (Oxytropa) konickii
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Gemmula (Gemmula) laticlavia
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Gemmula (Gemmula) subdenticulata
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Fusiturris selysiia
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Fusiturris duchastelii
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Acamptogenotia morreni
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Borsoniidae
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Bathytoma (Bathytoma) leunisii
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Drilliola bicingulata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula regularis
(Koninck 1837)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Lyrotyphis (Lyrotyphis) cuniculosus
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Eopaziella deshayesii
(Nyst 1836)
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Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Sassia flandrica
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arctica islandica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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| SUBSPECIES: Arctica islandica rotundata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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Geography
| Country: | Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 56.0° North, 9.3° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 55.5° North, 5.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
| Stage: | Rupelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Rupelian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Viborg | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Viborg Fm, which is overlain by the Branden Clay Fm (Chattian). AGE: Rupelian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Collection is a composite for the member in this area. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | unlithified claystone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Museum, the University of Copenhagen. | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Representative for mollusca. Otoliths, shark teeth, serpulids, anthozoa, brachiopods and sea urchins are also present but are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 111476 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-06-24 07:02:36 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2012-06-24 07:02:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36500. | K. I. Schnetler and E. Palm. 2008. The molluscan fauna of the late Oligocene Branden Clay, Denmark. Palaeontos 15:1-92 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |