Also known as Faxe; Reef 647
Where: Denmark (55.3° N, 12.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 9.4° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: NP3 nannofossil zone, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• Middle Danian type section. AGE: "early NP3" based on a flora described by Perch-Nielsen (1979) and Floris (1979).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basin reef; lithified bafflestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collected by M. Bernecker, O. Weidlich
• Repository: Erlangen University
Primary reference: M. Bernecker and O. Weidlich. 1990. The Danian (Paleocene) coral limestone of Fakse, Denmark: a model for ancient aphotic, azooxanthellate coral mounds. Facies 22:103-138 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Exogyra lateralis oyster | |
Hydrozoa | |
Anthozoa | |
Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801 stony coral
Faksephyllia faxoensis Beck 1835 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral | |
Moltkia isis gorgonian
Moltkia lyelli gorgonian | |