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 | |
Squalus balsvikensis Siverson 1993 dogfish shark | |
Proetmopterus hemmooriensis Herman 1982 shark |