Isle of Mors (east of industrial pit) : Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene, Denmark
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Palaeophiidae
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Palaeophis sp.
Owen 1841
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| Six incomplete vertebrae (DK583a-d, MGUH 29206, MGUH 29207) | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
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Actinopterygia indet.
(Cope 1871)
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| spelled with current rank as Actinopteri | ||||||||||
| 154 teeth and 360 vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Squaliformes
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Squaliformes indet.
Goodrich 1909
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
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Lamniformes indet.
Berg 1958
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
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Carcharhiniformes indet.
Compagno 1973
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Denmark |
| Coordinates: | 56.9° North, 8.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 52.1° North, 5.5° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene |
| Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Stolleklint Clay | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Sundby layer, in the lower part of the Stolleklint Clay | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lenticular,gray mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: a discontinuous, lenticular layer reaching 4 cm in thickness. It is made of a pale grey, detritic mudstone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: Deposited at a depth of at least 100 m in an anoxic environment | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Approximately 100 kg of clay was sampled and then left to dry. This was subsequently immersed in water and screenwashed using a sieve with a mesh size of 1 mm. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Island of Mors; Sundby | ||
| Database number: | 138441 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-18 23:07:46 | Last modified: | 2013-01-18 06:09:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-18 23:07:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44339. | H. V. Kristensen, G. Cuny, A. R. Rasmussen and H. Madsen. 2012. Earliest record of the fossil snake Palaeophis from the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in Denmark. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(6):621-625 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |