Where: Denmark (55.3° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 9.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bryozoan Limestone Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone
Primary reference: D. B. Blake and J.W.M. Jagt. 2005. New latest Cretaceous and earliest Paleogene asteroids (Echinodermata) from the Netherlands and Denmark and their palaebiological significance. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 75:183-200 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78711: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 15.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Echinoidea | |
"Tylocidaris abildgaardi" = Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris) abildgaardi
"Tylocidaris abildgaardi" = Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris) abildgaardi Ravn 1928 pencil urchin | |
Asteroidea | |
Skiaster vikingr Blake and Jagt 2005 sea star | |
Metopaster kagstrupensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Metopaster spencerii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
"Crateraster anchylus" = Teichaster anchylus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star |