|
Projects: 1. The molluscs from the Klintinghoved Formation (Early Miocene) Sorgenfrei (1940) monographed the molluscan fauna and recorded 63 species and a new crab species. Since then, further collecting have increased the number of species to more than 130. The clay on the locality is a glacial floe in the moraine and the only locality with Klintinghoved Clay exposed. The study of the fauna is carried on in cooperation with Dr. Ronald Janssen, Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M. and Mogens S. Nielsen, Odense. Janssen, R., Schnetler, K.I. & Nielsen, M.S. (in preparation): The Molluscs from the Klintinghoved Formation (Early Miocene) at Klintinghoved, Denmark.
Stenomphalus wiechmanni Searlesia mitgaui Sveltia lyrata Orthosurcula steinvorthi
3. The molluscs from the Viborg Formation (Early Oligocene). Ravn (1907) recorded molluscs from e.g. Ulstrup and considered them to be from Middle Oligocene. Now, the Oligocene is divided into Early and Later Oligocene. Ravn also assigned the clay from Branden to the same formation, but Schnetler & Palm (2008) described the Branden Clay fauna and assigned it to the Late Oligocene. The Viborg Formation was established by Christensen & Ulleberg (1973), but its mollusc fauna has not yet been monographed. Schnetler, K.I. & Heilmann-Clausen, C. (in preparation): The molluscs of the Viborg Formation (Early Oligocene) of Denmark.
Cassidaria depressa Aquilofusus sp. Orthosurcula regularis Cyclocardia kickxii. Normal and inverted hinge.
4. The molluscs from the Brejning Formation in its type area The study is carried out in cooperation with Mogens S. Nielsen, Odense. Brejning is the type locality for the Vejle Fjord Formation. The youngest member (the Brejning Clay) is known from other localities and contains a rich molluscan fauna, about 200 species from Mogenstrup (Schnetler & Beyer 1990) and 145 from Nørre Vissing (Schnetler & Beyer 1987). The Brejning Clay was raised to formation rank in 2010 by Rasmussen et al. (2010). Schnetler, K.I. & Nielsen, M.S. (in preparation): The molluscan fauna of the Brejning Formation (Late Oligocene) in its type area.
Stenomphalus koeneni
|