Silstrup Bakke (Eocene of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (56.9° N, 8.7° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° N, 5.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified diatomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Mineralogical Museum, Copenhagen

Primary reference: K. L. Henriksen. 1922. Eocene insects from Denmark. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse 37:1-36 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 29.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Hemiptera - Saldidae
Saldidae indet. Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 shore bug
 Hemiptera - Lygaeidae
Lygaeidae indet. Schilling 1829 milkweed bug
 Hemiptera - Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae indet. Leach 1815 stink bug
Teleoschistus multinervosus n. sp. Henriksen 1922 stink bug
 Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
? Tectocoris angustilobatus n. sp. Henriksen 1922 metallic shield bug
 Hemiptera - Coreidae
Coreidae indet. Leach 1815 leaf-footed bug
 Hymenoptera - Proctotrupidae
Proctotrupidae indet. Latreille 1802 wasp
 Neuroptera - Hemerobiidae
Megalomus sp. Rambur 1842 brown lacewing
 Diptera -
Tipuloidea indet. Latreille 1802 crane fly
"Polyneura spp."
 Diptera - Limoniidae
"Rhamphidia thybotica n. sp." = Dicranomyia thybotica, "Rhamphidia sp." = Helius
"Rhamphidia thybotica n. sp." = Dicranomyia thybotica Henriksen 1922 crane fly
"Rhamphidia sp." = Helius Lepeletier and Serville 1828 crane fly