Lindow B (2023). NHMD Vertebrate Paleontology Collection. Natural History Museum of Denmark. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/yenbn7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-09-21.

The Vertebrate Paleontology collection comprises some 18,000 specimens from the Cambrian period (541 million years ago) and until the Quaternary period (2.6 million years ago). They are predominantly agnathans (Agnatha, jawless fish), placoderms (Placodermi, armored fish), acanthodians (Acanthodii), elasmobranchs (Elasmobranchii, sharks and rays), actinopterygians (Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish), dipnoids (Dipnoi, lung fish), and porolepiformes, osteolepiformes and coelacanths (lobe-finned fish). They mainly derive from deposits in North and East Greenland and Denmark.
The collection also houses the very important early tetrapod fossils (early four-legged vertebrates) from late Devonian deposits in East Greenland; late Triassic vertebrates from east Greenland (dinosaurs, phytosaurs, and mammals); and a large collection of ray-finned fish with some birds and turtles from the earliest Eocene marine diatomite deposits of the Limfjord area in Jutland, Denmark.
Den vertebratpalæontologiske samling omfatter lidt over 18.000 fossile stykker af forhistoriske hvirveldyr fra Kambrium (541 millioner år siden) og indtil Kvartær (2,6 millioner år siden). Det er fortrinsvis fossiler af kæbeløse fisk (Agnatha), panserfisk (Placodermi), ”piggede hajer” (Acanthodii), hajer og rokker (Elasmobranchii), strålefinnede fisk (Actinopterygii), lungefisk (Dipnoi), og kvastfinnede fisk (Porolepiformes, Osteolepiformes og Coelacanthiformes). Fossilerne stammer hovedsageligt fra aflejringer i Nord- og Østgrønland og Denmark.
Samlingen huser også de internationalt videnskabeligt vigtige tidlige “firbenede fisk” fra Sen Devon i Østgrønland; dinosaurer, skildpadder, phytosaurer og pattedyr fra Sen Trias i Østgrønland; og en stor samling af strålefinnede fisk og enkelte fugle og skildpadder fra de tidligt eocæne moleraflejringer i Limfjorden.

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Tasbacka danica n. sp., A new Eocene marine turtle of Denmark (Testudines: Chelonioidea)

Catalogue Number	NHMD141598
Country	Denmark
Locality	Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors

Class	Testudines (Turtle)
Family	Cheloniidae (Marine turtles)
Genus	Tasbacka

Institution Code	NHMD
Institution ID	https://ror.org/040ck2b86
Collection code	VP
Collection Type	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
Occurrence ID	a92b0c49-555f-45eb-960d-837771c87c58
Ocurrence Status	PRESENT
Catalogue Number	NHMD141598
Alternative Catalogue Numbers	DK 567; MHM K2
Event Date	2008-01-01
Continent	EUROPE
Country	Denmark
State	Region Nordjylland
County	Morsø Kommune
Country code	DK
Latitude	56.925778
Longitude	8.911472
Locality	Ejerslev Molergrav, Mors
Station/Category	"preserved in carbonate concretion from level of ash layer +31" (Madsen 2008: p. 9).
Collector Names	Madsen, Henrik
Prep Type	specimen in matrix - 1
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Testudines
Family	Cheloniidae
Genus	Tasbacka
Preferred Taxon	Tasbacka danica Karl & Madsen, 2012
Taxon Rank	SPECIES
Modified	2022-05-24
Record License	CC BY-NC 4.0
Rightsholder	Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Identification ID	97ba35bb-0b47-4669-8919-b2e3964344a7
Taxon	Tasbacka danica
Type Status	Holotype
Type Status in Doubt	Yes
Identified By	Karl, Hans-Volker
Date Identified	2011-12-01

Identification ID	6b8e2311-f954-4a8a-a3e1-20bc45ade81b
Taxon	Glarichelys
Identified By	Lindow, Bent
Date Identified	2008-12-09

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Tasbacka danica Karl & Madsen, 2012

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