Bavnodde Greensand Formation, Forchhammers Klint/Odde, Bornholm: Early/Lower Santonian, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) pachti
(Archanguelsky 1916)
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Tröger and Christensen 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Belemnitida
- Belemnitellidae
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Actinocamax propinquus
Moberg 1885
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3 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Belemnitella propinqua | ||||||||||
Actinocamax verus
Miller 1823
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Belemnitella vera | ||||||||||
Actinocamax westfalicus
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33 specimens | |||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis
(Langenhan and Grundey 1891)
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Kennedy and Christensen 1991 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
S. (S.) kieslingswaldensis fischeri | ||||||||||
Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Collignoniceratidae
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Texanites (Texanites) pseudotexanum
(de Grossouvre 1894)
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Kennedy and Christensen 1991 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.1° North, 14.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 14.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Early/Lower Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bavnodde Greensand | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 'Lower Santonian on belemnite evidence' |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | bioturbation,fine,glauconitic lithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
Lithology description: 'the formation consists of poorly sorted, calcareous, glauconitic, fine-grained, silty quartz sand. Several layers of nodular greensand, quartzitic beds, and marly beds are included in the greensand, which is strongly bioturbated.' | |
Environment: | shoreface |
Geology comments: classification based on high bioturbation |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Collection method comments: Museum repositories: MGUH and GM | |
Taxonomic list comments:fragments are not included in abundace data of belemnites |
Metadata
Database number: | 70060 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Aberhan | Enterer: | S. Nurnberg |
Modifier: | S. Nurnberg | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-03-16 00:32:20 | Last modified: | 2007-03-16 12:09:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-16 00:32:20 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
23526. | T. Birkelund. 1957. Upper Cretaceous belemnites from Denmark. Biologiske Skrifter. Det Kongelige Danske Viden-skabernes Selskab 9(1):1-69 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
23523 | W. J. Kennedy and W. K. Christensen. 1991. Coniacian and Santonian ammonites from Bornholm, Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 38:203-226 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/M. Clapham] | |
23500 | K.-A. Tröger and W. K. Christensen. 1991. Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian) inoceramid bivalve faunas from the island of Bornholm, Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark, DGU Series A (28)1-47 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg] |