Also known as harbour of Esbjerg

Where: Denmark (57.0° N, 7.1° E: paleocoordinates 50.3° N, 5.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• Due to substantial silicification we did not observe identifiable calcareous nannoplankton specimens in the matrix, but the texture and overall nature of the bryozoan limestone demonstrate that it is Danian rather than Maastrichtian in age. Hence, the fossiliferous bryozoan limestone originates either from one of the Danian outcrops situated in the belt extending from the town of Hanstholm on the northern west coast of Jylland across northern and central east Jylland to eastern Sjælland (e.g. Thomsen 1995), or alternatively from Danian deposits that are exposed on the seafloor near the Jyske Rev area (Leth 1996, 2003).

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Natural History Museum of Denmark

Primary reference: K. S. Myrvold, J. Milan, and J. A. Rasmussen. 2018. Two new finds of turtle remains from the Danian and Selandian (Paleocene) deposits of Denmark with evidence of predation by crocodilians and sharks. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 66:211-218 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196765: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 04.10.2018

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