Where: Denmark (55.7° N, 12.6° E: paleocoordinates 49.9° N, 9.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lellinge Greensand Formation, Selandian (61.6 - 59.2 Ma)
• 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, glauconitic, green, argillaceous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
• Restudy of Harder's classical collection
Primary reference: K. I. Schnetler. 2001. The Selandian (Paleocene) mollusc fauna from Copenhagen, Denmark: the Poul Harder 1920 collection. Geology of Denmark Survey Bulletin 37:1-85 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35265: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 21.11.2003, edited by Marcus Apel, Austin Hendy and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gastropoda | |
Pleurotomidae indet. snail | |
"Ravniella regularis" = Tornatellaea (Ravniella) snail
Actaeon pusillus Ravn 1939 snail
Crenilabium elatum snail | |
Gilbertina ultima, "Ringiculina erratica" = Ringicula (Ringiculina)
Gilbertina ultima snail | |
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Turbonilla beyrichi snail
Odostomia undifera snail | |
"Architectonia koeneni" = Architectonica sundial
Pseudomalaxis pingeli snail
Pseudomalaxis groenwalli snail | |
Acrocoelum gracilis snail
Acrocoelum obtusa snail
Mathilda (Fimbriatella) carinata Ravn 1939 snail
Mathilda lemchei Ravn 1939 snail | |
Cyclostrema denselineatum Ravn 1939 snail | |
Solariella (Solariella) ravni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea
"Bulla (? Haminea) sp." = Haminoea Turton and Kingston 1830 snail | |
Roxania clausa snail | |
Cylichna discifera snail | |
Retusa plicatella snail | |
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Bayania obtusata snail | |
Metacerithium hauniense snail | |
Haustator nana turret shell
Haustator suessi turret shell | |
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp.
Harrisianella subglabra n. sp. Schnetler 2001 horn snail | |
Alvania hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea
"Cassidaria elongata" = Galeodea snail | |
"Charonia (Sassia) bjerringi" = Sassia, Charonia (Sassia) danica
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"Sparella flexuosa" = Ancilla (Sparella)
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Pseudocochlespira koeneni ribbed mitre
Pseudocochlespira boeggildi ribbed mitre | |
Exilia crassistria snail | |
Brocchinia tricincta snail | |
Sveltella planistria, Sveltella multistriata, Cancellaria jakobseni n. sp., Kroisbachia conoidea, Babylonella ravni, Admetula latesulcata
Sveltella planistria snail
Sveltella multistriata snail
Kroisbachia conoidea snail
Babylonella ravni snail
Admetula latesulcata snail | |
Scaphella crenistria volute
Volutilithes nodifer volute | |
Urosalpinx pyruloides murex snail | |
Sycostoma striata snail
Levifusus moerchi snail | |
Siphonalia hauniensis, Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp., Suessonia densestriata, Suessonia canalifera, Tritonidea rosenkrantzi
Siphonalia hauniensis true whelk
Siphonalia ariejansseni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 true whelk
Suessonia densestriata true whelk
Suessonia canalifera true whelk
Tritonidea rosenkrantzi true whelk | |
Fusus danicus snail | |
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp.
Astyris (Astyris) lappanni n. sp. Schnetler 2001 snail | |
Cordieria binodosa, "Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma)
Cordieria binodosa snail
"Pseudotoma steenstrupi" = Genota (Pseudotoma) snail | |
Eopleurotoma selandica, "Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula, "Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula, Genotia brevior
Eopleurotoma selandica turrid
"Hemipleurotoma gryi" = Gemmula turrid
"Hemipleurotoma danica" = Gemmula turrid
Genotia brevior turrid | |
Xenophora sp. Fischer von Waldheim 1807 carrier shell | |
Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885 snail | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Lunatia detracta moon snail
Lunatia detrita moon snail
Tectonatica lindstroemi moon snail | |
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"Seila (Notoseila) heilmannclauseni" = Notoseila snail
Cerithiopsis similis snail
Cerithiopsis hauniensis Ravn 1939 snail | |
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima)
"Polygyreulima solidula" = Melanella (Polygyreulima) snail | |
"Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Coniscala poulseni" = Epitonium (Coniscala), "Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa), Cerithiscala hauniensis, Acrilla gryi, Acrilla fenestrata, Acrilla bruennichi
"Coniscala johnstrupi" = Epitonium (Coniscala) wentletrap
"Hemiacirsa elatior" = Acirsa (Hemiacirsa) wentletrap
Cerithiscala hauniensis wentletrap
Acrilla gryi wentletrap
Acrilla fenestrata wentletrap
Acrilla bruennichi wentletrap | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Bivalvia | |
Leionucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
Nucula densistria nut clam
? Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam | |
Nuculana crassistria pointed nut clam
Nuculana ovoides pointed nut clam | |
? Arcoperna sp. Conard 1865 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Crenella sphaericula clam | |
Lima geinitzi file clam | |
Propeamussium bisculptum mud scallop
Propeamussium hauniense mud scallop | |
Chlamys palaeocaenica scallop | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Exogyra canaliculata oyster | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Limopsis monbergi Ravn 1939 clam | |
Arcopsis limopsis clam | |
Cucullaea dewalquei clam | |
Barbatia praescabra clam | |
Glycymeris corneti clam | |
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea
"Pholadomya margaritacea" = Pholadomya (Bucardiomya) margaritacea Sowerby 1821 clam | |
Verticordia granulosa Ravn 1939 clam | |
Cuspidaria sp. Dall 1886 clam | |
Teredinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Corbula koeneni clam | |
Protocardia semidecussata cockle
Loxocardium cf. tenuitesta cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Circe angelini venus clam | |
Crassatella hauniensis, "Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa
Crassatella hauniensis Ravn 1939 clam
"Crassatella subplana" = Crassatella vadosa Morton 1834 clam | |
Astarte trigonula clam | |
Venericardia roedeli clam | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium undiferum tusk shell
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Dentalium sundkrogensis n. sp. Schnetler 2001 tusk shell
Dentalium rugiferum von Koenen 1885 tusk shell |