Skirsnemunė (Actinocamax westfalicus zone) (Cretaceous of Lithuania)

Where: Lithuania (55.1° N, 22.9° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Gonioteuthis westfalica (=Actinocamax westfalicus) zone is Early Santonian in age, but it is not clear if Dalinkevičius's use is the same.

• 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 90733: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.08.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus nitidus Woodward 1912 elasmobranch
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
"Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus, "Corax cf. pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus
"Corax falcatus" = Squalicorax falcatus Agassiz 1843 crow shark
"Corax cf. pristodontus" = Squalicorax pristodontus Agassiz 1835 crow shark
Corax cf. pristodontus kaupi