Klintebjerg (Paleocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 7.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)

• Isolated boulders of the Lellinge Greensand Limestone, Middle Paleocene (Lower Selandian). In Copenhagen the lower part of the Lellinge Greensand contains nannofossils of lower NP5 (Stouge et al., 2000) and planktonic foraminifera of subzone P3a or older. In the dark clay at a higher level, planktonic foraminifera indicate zone P3. Together, suggests an early Selandian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone

• The assemblage would indicate a moderate energy environment within the upper part of the sublittoral zone. The Lellinge Greensand was deposited in shallow water depths under relatively high energy conditions as indicated by the presence of cross bedding, phosphate nodules, and rolled fossils (Gry 1935, Heilmann-Clausen 1995, Claus Heilmann-Clausen pers. com. in Clause & Huuse 2002). The lithological description from Sundkrogen seems lower-energy due to the clayey nature of the units, but overall the Lellinge Greensand is the onshore equivalent to the offshore North Sea Marl, so an offshore-transition environment is assigned.
• Fine-grained sand with a dense conglomerate of comminuted shelly fragments, some of which are glauconitized, cemented by calcite.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying,

• Collection derived from specimens reposited in the Geological Museum, Copenhagen

Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 1995. A new crab, Rogeus robustus, from the Middle Paleocene of Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 22:61-65 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/L. Baltzly]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51500: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.06.2005, edited by Lerin Baltzly

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Exhaustive for Mollusca. Decapod nomenclature should be of high quality, molluscan nomenclature appears to be somewhat outdated and will need vetting.
unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa v. Koenen 1885 stony coral
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Cimomia sp. Conrad 1866 nautiloid
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Listed as "Gastropoda indet., 3 spp."
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail
 Cerithioidea - Metacerithiidae
Metacerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla (Sparella) flexuosa von Koenen 1885 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Surcula hauniensis" = Turricula, "Surcula torelli" = Turricula, "Surcula (Cochlespira) boeggildi" = Turricula
"Surcula hauniensis" = Turricula snail
"Surcula torelli" = Turricula snail
"Surcula (Cochlespira) boeggildi" = Turricula snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia Bellardi 1872 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Lunatia) detracta" = Lunatia, "Natica (Lunatia) detritta" = Lunatia
"Natica (Lunatia) detracta" = Lunatia moon snail
"Natica (Lunatia) detritta" = Lunatia moon snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Tornatellaea regularis von Koenen 1885 snail
Actaeonidea (Crenilabium) elata von Koenen 1885 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail
 Opisthobranchia -
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Nephropidae
Oncopareia klintebjergensis n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 clawed lobster
 Decapoda - Camarocarcinidae
Camarocarcinus obtusus n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 crab
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
Rogueus robustus Collins and Jakobsen 1995 crab
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isselicrinidae
Isselicrinus paucicirrhus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Cainocrinidae
Nielsenicrinus obsoletus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Listed as "Echinoidea indet., 2 gen"