Bryozoan Limestone, Hojerup Kirke, Stevns Klint (Paleocene of Denmark)

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

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Taxonomic list

Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
"Tylocidaris abildgaardi" = Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris) abildgaardi
"Tylocidaris abildgaardi" = Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris) abildgaardi Ravn 1928 pencil urchin
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Pseudarchasteridae
Skiaster vikingr Blake and Jagt 2005 sea star
 Valvatida - Goniasteridae
Metopaster kagstrupensis Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
Metopaster spencerii Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star
"Crateraster anchylus" = Teichaster anchylus Brünnich-Nielsen 1943 sea star