Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fur Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• "lowermost Eocene (Ypresian Stage)"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, concretionary, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with pyrite
Collected by B. S. Mikkelsen
• Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen collection
Primary reference: S. Bertelli, L. M. Chiappe, and G. Mayr. 2011. A new Messel rail from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark (Aves, Messelornithidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(4):551-562 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130483: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Pellornis mikkelseni n. gen. n. sp.
Pellornis mikkelseni n. gen. n. sp. Bertelli et al. 2011 bird |