Papiškiai (Cretaceous of Lithuania)

Also known as Papiskiai

Where: Lithuania (54.9° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• No stratigraphic detail given, but listed between localities now dated as Upper Albian and localities belonging to the "Actinocamax plenus" and "Rhynchonella octoplicata" zones (Upper Cenomanian).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Collected by J.A. Dalinkevičius

• Repository: Vilnius University (COLL-VU)

Primary reference: J. A. Dalinkevičius. 1935. On the fossil fishes of the Lithuanian Chalk. I. Selachii. Vytauto Didžiojo Universiteto Matematikos-Gamtos Fakulteto Darbai 9:243-305 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213716: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
"Synechodus recurvus" = Paraorthacodus recurvus
"Synechodus recurvus" = Paraorthacodus recurvus Trautschold 1877 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus nitidus Woodward 1912 elasmobranch
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) striatula" = Eostriatolamia striatula
"Odontaspis (Synodontaspis) striatula" = Eostriatolamia striatula Dalinkevičius 1935 sand tiger shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Protosqualus glickmani Averianov 1997 dogfish shark
Spinax major Agassiz 1837 dogfish shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
"Squatina decipiens" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei
"Squatina decipiens" = Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888 angel shark
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
"Cestracion canaliculatus" = Heterodontus canaliculatus
"Cestracion canaliculatus" = Heterodontus canaliculatus Egerton and Woodward 1889 bullhead shark