Sample S90-5-1-MS, Balsvík quarry (Cretaceous of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (56.1° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnella lanceolata other zone, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• 0.2-0.4 m above the upper flint level

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified chalk

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by M. Siverson in 1990

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic

• Repository: Lund University

Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1993. Maastrichtian squaloid shaks from southern Sweden. Palaeontology 36:1-19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 214352: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.09.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus balsvikensis Siverson 1993 dogfish shark
 Squaliformes - Etmopteridae
Proetmopterus hemmooriensis Herman 1982 shark