Also known as Maastrichtian chalk (Denmark) fauna
Where: Denmark (57.0° N, 9.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 8.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Maastrichtian chalk Formation, Maastrichtian (72.1 - 66.0 Ma)
• Maastrichtian chalk, cut by hardground. Dated by overlying Danian Fish Clay (P0 foraminiferal zone). Further overlying units include Cerithium Limestone (P0-P1a foraminiferal zone)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, hardground carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original aragonite, original calcite, original silica, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk,
• Some bulk samples processed in the field, remeaning material processed in laboratory. Lab preparation involved "drying, weighing and hammering samples into small prieces. Each piece examined under microscope in search of molds."
Primary reference: C. Heinberg. 1999. Lower Danian bivalves, Stevns Klint, Denmark; continuity across the K/T boundary. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 154:87-106 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35039: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.10.2003, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Prosilicula parallelodonta, Lyriachlamys cretosus, Freyastarte sp., Meiocardiopsis sp., Jouanettia sp.
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Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia "sp. B", Bivalvia "sp. C", Bivalvia "sp. D", Bivalvia "sp. E", Bivalvia "sp. F", Bivalvia "sp. G", Bivalvia "sp. H", Bivalvia "sp. I", Bivalvia "sp. J", Bivalvia "sp. K", Bivalvia "sp. L"
Bivalvia "sp. B" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. C" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. D" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. E" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. F" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. G" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. H" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. I" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. J" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. K" Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bivalvia "sp. L" Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Neilonella susannae clam | |
"Nucula aff. truncata" = Portlandia arctica
"Nucula aff. truncata" = Portlandia arctica Gray 1824 clam | |
Freiastarte sp. Chavan 1952 clam
? Eriphylopsis sp. clam
Sita sp. clam
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam Listed as "Astarte si. sp."....si=unknown notation, perhaps spelling error or partially deleted species name
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Vetericardiella sp. Chavan 1969 clam | |
"Uddenia" sp. Stephenson 1941 clam | |
Panopea sp. Menard 1807 clam | |
Martesia sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
Corbulamella sp. Meek 1857 clam | |
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam | |
Myoconcha sp. Sowerby 1824 clam | |
"Miocardiopsis sp." = Glossus (Miocardiopsis)
"Miocardiopsis sp." = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam | |
? Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Protocardia sp. Beyrich 1845 cockle | |
Gyropleura sp. Douvillé 1887 rudist | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
"Psilomya sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya)
"Psilomya sp." = Liopistha (Psilomya) Meek 1876 clam | |
Cuspidaria bentzonii, Cuspidaria brittae, Cuspidaria caudata, Cuspidaria johannae, Cuspidaria (Halonympha) kanae, Cuspidaria lisbethae, Cuspidaria "sp. A"
Cuspidaria bentzonii clam
Cuspidaria brittae clam
Cuspidaria caudata clam
Cuspidaria johannae clam
Cuspidaria lisbethae clam
Cuspidaria "sp. A" Dall 1886 clam | |
Euciroa "sp. A" Dall 1881 clam
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam | |
? Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Loripes sp. Poli 1791 clam | |
? Unicardium sp. d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
Gregariella sp. Monterosato 1883 clam | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
Dacrydium sp. Torell 1859 mussel | |
Limopsis alvildae, Limopsis amandae, Limopsis augustae, Limopsis helenae, Limopsis magdae, Limopsis maggae, Limopsis ravni, Limopsis misjae, Limopsis nanae
Limopsis alvildae clam
Limopsis amandae clam
Limopsis augustae clam
Limopsis helenae clam
Limopsis magdae clam
Limopsis maggae clam
Limopsis ravni clam
Limopsis misjae clam
Limopsis nanae clam | |
Catella katinkae clam | |
Barbatia forchammeri clam
Barbatia lindae clam
Acar hennigi miniature ark
Arca ernae ark
Bathyarca perla clam | |
Arcopsis christinae clam | |
Neithea sexcostata Woodward 1833 scallop | |
"Spondylus latus" = Newaagia obliquus
"Spondylus latus" = Newaagia obliquus Münster 1841 scallop | |
Spondylus truncatus, "Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus, Lyriochlamys sp., "Microchlamys pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus, "Microchlamys subinflexus" = Dhondtichlamys, Merklinia variabilis, Lyropecten campaniensis
Spondylus truncatus scallop
"Spondylus dutempleanus" = Spondylus fimbriatus Goldfuss 1835 scallop
"Microchlamys pulchellus" = Dhondtichlamys pulchellus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Microchlamys subinflexus" = Dhondtichlamys scallop
Merklinia variabilis Hagenow 1842 scallop
Lyropecten campaniensis Orbigny 1847 scallop | |
Entolium membranaceum Nilsson 1827 scallop
Syncyclonema haggi Dhondt 1971 scallop
Syncyclonema nilsoni Goldfuss 1835 scallop | |
Oxytoma danica scallop | |
Placunopsis granulosa scallop
Anomia pseudoradiata d'Orbigny 1850 jingle | |
Pseudolimea denticulata, Pseudolimea geinitzi, Pseudolimea granulata, Pseudolimea hoperi, Lima (Mantellum) forchammeri, Lima (Mantellum) goldfussi, Limatula kunradensis, Limatula decussata
Pseudolimea denticulata file clam
Pseudolimea geinitzi file clam
Pseudolimea granulata file clam
Pseudolimea hoperi file clam
Lima (Mantellum) forchammeri file clam
Lima (Mantellum) goldfussi file clam
Limatula kunradensis file clam
Limatula decussata Goldfuss 1835 file clam | |
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Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820 oyster | |
Ostrea merceyi Coquand 1862 oyster
Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
"Pycnodonte vesiculare" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Tenuipteria sp. Stephenson 1955 clam |