Where: Skane, Sweden (55.6° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 10.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Stevns Klint Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Middle Danian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basin reef; reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: core, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: M. Bjerager, F. Surlyk, H. Lykke-Andersen, N. Thibault, and L. Stemmerik. 2010. Danian cool-water coral reefs in southern Scandinavia localised over seafloor highs. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27:455-466 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 123003: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Dromiopsis rugosa crab | |
Gastropoda | |
Bivalvia | |
Meiocardia faxoensis clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Anthozoa | |
Parasmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral | |
Moltkia isis gorgonian | |
unclassified | |
Porifera indet. Grant 1836 |