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Arnager Limestone Formation, Denmark

Lat/Long (Decimal)	55.05,14.7833
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Denmark

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Arnager Limestone Formation, Arnager/Horsemyre Odde, Bornholm	Tröger K.-A., Christensen W. K. (1991)	Arnager Limestone	'Gry (1960) estimated the thickness of the formation to be about 12-20 m.'	"limestone"	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Arnager, Bornholm, sponge-rich mounds	Brückner A. (2006)	Arnager Limestone		"limestone"	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Cremnoceramus rotundatus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Cremnoceramus : *Cremnoceramus rotundatus*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : *Inoceramus*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : *Inoceramus (Heroceramus) hercules*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus) sp. subgenus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : *Inoceramus (Sphenoceramus)*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Inoceramus cuvieri species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : *Inoceramus cuvieri*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mytiloides sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : *Mytiloides*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mytiloides lusatiae species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Mytiloides : *Mytiloides lusatiae*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Mytiloides striatoconcentricus species	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Mytiloides : *Mytiloides striatoconcentricus*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Collignoniceratidae : Peroniceras : *Peroniceras (Peroniceras) tridorsatum*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neocrioceras (Schlueterella) maderi species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Diplomoceratidae : Schlueterella : *Neocrioceras (Schlueterella) maderi*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scalarites sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Diplomoceratidae : *Scalarites*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : Scaphites : *Scaphites (Scaphites) kieslingswaldensis*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Yezoites sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Scaphitidae : *Yezoites*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Actinocamax sp. genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Belemnitida : Belemnopseidae : *Actinocamax*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lithistida subclass	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Plinthosella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Tetralithistida : Plinthosellidae : *Plinthosella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hexactinosa order	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hexactinosa	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Aphrocallistes sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Sceptrulophora : Aphrocallistidae : *Aphrocallistes*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lychniscosa order	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lychniscosa	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Acoelocalyx sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Acoelocalyx*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Docosaccus sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Docosaccus*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fiscella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Fiscella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Heterotella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Heterotella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Regadrella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Regadrella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Walteriella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Euplectellidae : *Walteriella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Chaunoplectella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Leucopsacidae : *Chaunoplectella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rossella sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Rossellidae : *Rossella*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Schaudinnia sp. genus	Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Lyssacinosida : Rossellidae : *Schaudinnia*	89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Birkelund T. (1957) Upper Cretaceous belemnites from Denmark, Biologiske Skrifter. Det Kongelige Danske Viden-skabernes Selskab 9 1, 1-69

Tröger K.-A., Christensen W. K. (1991) Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian) inoceramid bivalve faunas from the island of Bornholm, Denmark, Geological Survey of Denmark, DGU Series A 28, 1-47

Kennedy W. J., Christensen W. K. (1991) Coniacian and Santonian ammonites from Bornholm, Denmark, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 38, 203-226

Brückner A., Janussen D. (2005) Rossella bromleyi n. sp.: the first entirely preserved fossil sponge species of the genus Rossella (Hexactinellida) from the Upper Cretaceous of Bornholm, Denmark, Journal of Paleontology 79 1, 21-28

Brückner A. (2006) Taxonomy and paleoecology of lyssacinosan Hexactinellida from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Bornholm, Denmark, in comparison with other Postpaleozoic representatives, Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 564, 1-103

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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