Where: Denmark (55.5° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.7° N, 7.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• Isolated boulders of the Lellinge Greensand Limestone, Middle Paleocene (Lower Selandian). In Copenhagen the lower part of the Lellinge Greensand contains nannofossils of lower NP5 (Stouge et al., 2000) and planktonic foraminifera of subzone P3a or older. In the dark clay at a higher level, planktonic foraminifera indicate zone P3. Together, suggests an early Selandian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic, shelly/skeletal, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Collection derived from specimens reposited in the Geological Museum, Copenhagen
Primary reference: J. S. H. Collins and S. L. Jakobsen. 1995. A new crab, Rogeus robustus, from the Middle Paleocene of Denmark. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 22:61-65 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/L. Baltzly]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 51500: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 06.06.2005, edited by Lerin Baltzly
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa
"? Trochocyathus calcitrapa" = Caryophyllia calcitrapa v. Koenen 1885 stony coral | |
Crinoidea | |
Nielsenicrinus obsoletus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily | |
Isselicrinus paucicirrhus Nielsen 1913 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
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Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell | |
Siphonodentalium intumescens tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Lima (Lima) geinitzi file clam | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Verticordia sp. Sowerby 1844 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana
"Leda ovoides" = Nuculana pointed nut clam | |
Nucula densistria nut clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Eutrephoceras sp. Hyatt 1894 nautiloid | |
Cimomia sp. Conrad 1866 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
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Discohelix sp. Dunker 1847 snail | |
Cylichna discifera snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail | |
Tornatellaea regularis von Koenen 1885 snail
Actaeonidea (Crenilabium) elata von Koenen 1885 snail | |
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Metacerithium sp. Cossmann 1906 snail
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) nana" = Haustator turret shell | |
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827 periwinkle | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Busycon sp. Röding 1798 whelk | |
Cancellariidae indet. Gray 1853 snail | |
Ancilla (Sparella) flexuosa von Koenen 1885 olive snail | |
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Arrhoges gracilis snail | |
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia
"Charonia (Sassia) sp." = Sassia Bellardi 1872 triton shell | |
Malacostraca | |
Rogueus robustus Collins and Jakobsen 1995 crab | |
Camarocarcinus obtusus n. sp.
Camarocarcinus obtusus n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 crab | |
Oncopareia klintebjergensis n. sp.
Oncopareia klintebjergensis n. sp. Jakobsen and Collins 1979 clawed lobster |