Skaerbaek (Copenhagen Museum coll.): Ypresian, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Tipulidae
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Tipula binoculata n. sp.
Henriksen 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
- Flatidae
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Lechaea primigenia n. sp.
Henriksen 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Neuroptera
- Hemerobiidae
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Megalomus densistriatus
Henriksen 1922
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 56.9° North, 8.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.4° North, 5.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fur | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Cement-stone of the Diatom-earth" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary,volcaniclastic lithified argillaceous diatomite | ||
| Lithology description: formation consists of "fine-grained diatomite sediment, which consists of 45-65 weight per cent diatoms, 30-45 per cent clay minerals and approximately 10 percent volcanic dust" | |||
| Environment: | offshore ramp | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
| Geology comments: "deposited at water depths below the storm wave base, under anoxic or slightly oxic bottom conditions" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Mineralogical Museum, Copenhagen | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 123999 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-02-05 10:37:55 | Last modified: | 2014-08-06 23:15:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-02-05 10:37:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 51378. | K. L. Henriksen. 1922. Eocene insects from Denmark. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse 37:1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |