Where: Sweden (56.4° N, 12.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 13.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone
Size class: mesofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: H. W. Rasmussen. 1951. Cretaceous Ophiuroidea from Germany, Sweden, Spain and New Jersey. Saertryk af Meddelelser fra Dansk Geologisk Forening 12:48-56 [L. Villier/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 59071: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Julien Millet on 09.03.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
? Asteronyx sp. Müller and Troschel 1842 basket star |