Where: Denmark (56.8° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Moler Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)
• Diatom-earth bed
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, diatomaceous mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: private collection of Karsten and Solveig Witteck (Oststeinbek), later at Fur Museum and Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Mecklenburg, Natureum am Schloss Ludwigslust.
Primary reference: W. Zessin. 2011. Neue Insekten aus dem Moler (Paläozän/Eozän) von Dänemark Teil 1 (Odonata: Epallagidae, Megapodagrioniidae). Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 14:64-73 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 157040: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.06.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Molertrum eburneum n. gen. n. sp.2
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Solveigia wittecki n. gen. n. sp.
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