Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.3° N, 6.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ølst Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• The Stolle Klint Clay is an informal member, forming the basal part of the Ølst Formation (Heilmann-Clausen et al, 1985).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified claystone

Size class: macrofossils

• Eye with a short stalk preserved. Pereiopods I-III preserved. Pleopods with an unsegmented peduncle preserved.

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen (prefix MGUH). One additional specimen in Fur Museum and three in private collections.

Primary reference: A. Garassino and S. Harper. 2004. Penaeus hamleti n. sp. and Penaeus furensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Penaeidae) from the Stolle Klint Clay (Paleocene) of Fur Island (Denmark). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 145(2):329-336 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127279: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 08.05.2012

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