Sample M2, Fakse Quarry: Danian, Denmark
collected by M. Bernecker, O. Weidlich

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Caryophyllia sp. Lamarck 1801
Faksephyllia faxoensis (Beck 1835)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina becki (Nielsen 1922)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899
Anthozoa - Helioporacea
Heliopora incrustans
Anthozoa - Gorgonacea
Moltkia isis
Moltkia lyelli
Hydrozoa - Stylasterina - Stylasteridae
Errina lobata
Sporadopora faxensis
Astya crassus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra lateralis
see common names

Geography
Country:Denmark
Coordinates: 55.3° North, 12.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° North, 9.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Danian Nannofossil zone: NP3
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Middle Danian type section. AGE: "early NP3" based on a flora described by Perch-Nielsen (1979) and Floris (1979).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bafflestone
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Not stated in Schwarzhans (2003), but fossil described to come from poorly lithified pockets in the coral mounds.
Environment:basin reef
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: basinal reef at aphotic depth (200 m or more).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:M. Bernecker, O. Weidlich
Collection method comments: Repository: Erlangen University
Metadata
Also known as:Faxe; Reef 647
Database number:34629
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-09-13 06:38:28 Last modified:2022-08-03 23:46:12
Access level:the public Released:2003-09-13 06:38:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9153. 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]

Secondary references:

55317 M. Bernecker and O. Weidlich. 2005. Azooxanthellate corals in the Late Maastrichtian - Early Paleocene of the Danish basin: bryozoan and coral mounds in a boreal shelf setting. Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems 3-25 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
37871 C. K. Clausen. 1982. Wienbergia, new genus for Barroisia faxensis (Porifera: Demospongia) from the Middle Danian of Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 30:111-115 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
44649 S. Floris. 1980. The coral banks of the Danian of Denmark. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 25(3-4):531-540 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Krause]
52290 J. W. M. Jagt, T. D. Zonova, and E. A. Jagt-Yazykova. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph cirripede genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa (1545)33-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
17587 K. I. Schnetler and R. E. Petit. 2006. Revision of the gastropod family Cancellariidae from the Danian (Early Paleocene) of Fakse, Denmark. Cainozoic Research 4(1-2):97-108 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]
52128 W. Schwarzhans. 2003. Fish otoliths from the Paleocene of Denmark. Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin 2:1-94 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]