Ejerslev Industrial Pit (Museum Mors collection): Ypresian, Denmark
collected by H. Madsen

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Trogoniformes - Trogonidae
Septentrogon madseni n. gen., n. sp. Kristoffersen 2002
Kristoffersen 2002
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Tasbacka danica n. sp. Karl and Madsen 2012
Karl and Madsen 2012
MHM-K2, a complete juvenile individual
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Crangonidae
Morscrangon acutus Garassino and Jakobsen 2005
Garassino and Jakobsen 2005 1 specimen
Unnumbered specimen in Molermuseet
Insecta - Diptera - Ptychopteridae
Probittacomorpha christenseni n. gen., n. sp. Freiwald and Willmann 1992
1 specimen
Moler Museum 6-2295 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Aphididae
Siphonophoroides madseni n. sp. Heie 1993
Heie 1993 1 specimen
Moler Museum 14M-5526 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae
Palaeogerris furensis Andersen 1998
Andersen 1998 1 specimen
Moler Museum I-515 (col. Mikkelsen)
Palaeogerris mikkelseni Andersen 1998
Andersen 1998 2 specimens
MM I-298, I-513 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ichneumonidae
Epitheronia stigmatica (Henriksen 1922)
Klopfstein 2022 1 specimen
MOL-MM-3141
Insecta - Neuroptera - Chrysopidae
Stephenbrooksia multifurcata n. gen., n. sp. Willmann 1993
Willmann 1993 1 specimen
Madsen 4-2000 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata
Furagrion jutlandicus (Henriksen 1922)
Archibald et al. 2023 2 specimens
MM-4785 (previously MHM-5242A), 14M-2765
see common names

Geography
Country:Denmark
Coordinates: 56.9° North, 8.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.4° North, 5.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Ypresian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Ypresian
Age range of interval:56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fur
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Fur Formation, latest Paleocene–earliest Eocene" but formation is early Eocene according to Lindow and Dyke 2006
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary,volcaniclastic calcareous diatomite
Lithology description: formation is a "60 m thick marine diatomite interbedded with around 200 volcanic ash layers... Calcareous concretions... are the principal source of vertebrate fossils"
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: formation is ""deposited at water depths below the storm wave base, under anoxic or slightly oxic bottom conditions" according to Lindow and Dyke 2006
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,concretion
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:H. Madsen
Collection method comments: Repository: Moler Museum
Metadata
Also known as:Island of Mors
Database number:67711
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham, E. Vlachos
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2006-12-06 17:39:28 Last modified:2021-08-24 21:41:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-06 17:39:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
48578. A. Freiwald and R. Willmann. 1992. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän ?). 7. Ptychopteridae (Diptera). Meyniana 44:179-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

51663 N. M. Andersen. 1998. Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter 50:1-157 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
84802 S. B. Archibald, J. L. Ware, J. A. Rasmussen, R. L. Sylvestersen, K. Olsen and T. J. Simonsen. 2023. The damselfly genus Furagrion Petrulevičius et al. (Odonata, Zygoptera) from the early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark and the dysagrionoid grade. Zootaxa 5278:289-317 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
41422decapod A. Garassino and S. L. Jakobsen. 2005. Morscrangon acutus n. gen. n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea) from the Fur Formation (Early Eocene) of the Islands of Mors and Fur (Denmark). Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 146(1):95-107 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]
48845 O. E. Heie. 1993. Insects from the Fur-Formation in Denmark (Mo-clay, upper Paleocene/lowermost Eocene?). 8. Aphidoidea (Homoptera). Meyniana 45:57-64 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
63621 H.-V. Karl and H. Madsen. 2012. Tasbacka danica n. sp., a new Eocene marine turtle of Denmark (Testudines: Chelonioidea). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:193-204 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
82111 S. Klopfstein. 2022. High diversity of pimpline parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) from the lowermost Eocene Fur Formation (Denmark). Geodiversitas 44:645-664 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
19352 A. V. Kristoffersen. 2002. An early Paleogene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) from the Fur Formation, Denmark. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):661-666 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
28303 B. E. K. Lindow and G. J. Dyke. 2006. Bird evolution in the Eocene: climate change in Europe and a Danish fossil fauna. Biological Reviews (Cambridge) 81(4):483-499 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
50786 R. Willmann. 1993. Insekten aus der Fur-Formation von Dänemark (Moler, ob. Paleozän/unt. Eozän? 8. Zwei neue Vertreter der Chrysopidae (Neuroptera). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1993:239-245 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]