Fakse Limestone Quarry (Paleocene of Denmark)

Also known as Faxe

Where: Sjaelland, Denmark (55.3° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NP3 nannofossil zone, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• "early NP3" based n a flora described by Perch-Nielsen (1979) and Floris (1979)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• "inner shelf"
• "bryozoan and coral limestones" similar material from Limhamn Quarry is from poorly lithified grainstones that are presumably very similar

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

• "treated with buffered acetic acid in order to remove adhering carbonates"

•not bulk collected

•Lund Original and Swedish Museum of Natural History collections

Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1995. Revision of the Danian cow sharks, sand tiger sharks, and goblin sharks (Hexanchidae, Odontaspididae, and Mitsukurinidae) from southern Sweden. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90577: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.08.2009, edited by Philip Mannion and Barbara Seuss

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• additional material was described by Davis (1890)
unclassified
  -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia candelabrum2 Henning 1899 stony coral
Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
  -
Machichnus bohemicus1 Mikulas et al. 2006 cartilaginous fish
Groups of parallel scrapes are interpreted as bite traces from sharks
Reptilia
 Testudines -
Chelonioidea indet.1 Baur 1893 sea turtle
MGUH 29293 (carapace fragment ), with bite traces from a crocodilian, shark, and possibly a fish
 Crocodylia - Gavialidae
Thoracosaurus sp.3 Leidy 1852 crocodilian
basioccipital, a cervical vertebra, a humerus and several teeth
 Crocodylia -
Nihilichnus nihilicus1 Mikulas et al. 2006 crocodilian
Two circular bite traces on the turtle carapace, interpreted as crocodylian