Hoganas AB's clay pit, Asen (Cretaceous to of Sweden)

Also known as Hoeganaes

Where: Sweden (59.0° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• "the upper part of the fluviatile sequence in Hoganas AB's clay pit...probably Upper Santonian or Lower Campanian"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified claystone and unlithified sandstone

• "unconsolidated clays and sands"

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: charcoalification

Collection methods: hydrochloric, hydroflouric, sieve,

Primary reference: E. M. Friis. 1984. Preliminary report of Upper Cretaceous angiosperm reproductive organs from Sweden and their level of organization. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 71:403-418 [H. Sims/J. Cassara/J. Cassara]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52455: authorized by Hallie Sims, entered by Jason Cassara on 05.08.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
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Trudopollis sp. Pflug 1953
Malacostraca
 Stomatopoda - Eurysquillidae
Manningia sp. Serene 1962 mantis shrimp
Plicapollis
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Plicapollis sp. Pflug 1953