Island of Fur (Copenhagen Museum coll): Ypresian, Denmark
collected by J.P. Andersen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata
Petrulevičius et al. 2008 1 specimen
ERK KL94 F8
Insecta - Orthoptera - Tettigoniidae
Henriksen 1929 1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae
Heie 1993 1 specimen
Just above ash-layer +30 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Ricaniidae
1 specimen
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Rust 1990 1 specimen
GMK 1949-115
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Braconidae
Rust 1990 2 specimens
GMK 1975-862, 1975-870
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Rust 1990 2 specimens
GMK 1954-541, 1938-67
Insecta - Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
Insecta - Diptera - Cylindrotomidae
Freiwald 1991 1 specimen
KM 145 (location not stated)
Freiwald 1991 3 specimens
KM 994, 122, 127 (location unknown) (1 measurement)
Freiwald 1991 1 specimen
KM 317 (location not stated)
see common names

Geography
Country:Denmark
Coordinates: 56.8° North, 9.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.7° North, 15.6° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Ypresian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2
Key time interval: Ypresian
Age range of interval: 56 - 48.07 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Moler
Stratigraphy comments: Diatom-earth bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,diatomaceous lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore ramp Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: The depositional environment was in the Palaeocene–Eocene precursor of the North Sea, which was an almost or entirely enclosed inland body, open to the Atlantic at least at times (Bonde 1997).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:adpression
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J.P. Andersen
Collection method comments: Specimens in the Geological and Mineralogical Museum of the University of Copenhagen.
Metadata
Database number:123997
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-02-05 09:42:58 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-02-05 09:42:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
51378. K. L. Henriksen. 1922. Eocene insects from Denmark. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse 37:1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

60328 R. De Jong. 2016. Reconstructing a 55-million-year-old butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). European Journal of Entomology 113:423-428 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48840 A. Freiwald. 1991. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?). 5. Cylindrotomidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha). Meyniana 43:97-123 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
48845 O. E. Heie. 1993. Insects from the Fur-Formation in Denmark (Mo-clay, upper Paleocene/lowermost Eocene?). 8. Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Meyniana 45:57-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
39937 K. L. Henriksen. 1929. A new Eocene grasshopper Tettigonia (Locusta) amoena n sp. from Denmark. Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 7:317-320 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
37052 J. F. Petrulevičius, T. Wappler, S. Wedmann, J. Rust, and A. Nel. 2008. New megapodagrionid Damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) from the Paleogene of Europe. Journal of Paleontology 82(6):1173-1181 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]
51345 J. Rust. 1990. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän?). 3. Hymenoptera. Meyniana 42:25-45 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]