Hedvigsdal, Schonen (Cretaceous of Sweden)

Where: Sweden (55.5° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Senonian; mamillatus zone; presumably age is based on ammonoid biostratigraphy; assigned to Campanian on the basis of more recent publications. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Can't be determined from text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.

Primary reference: A. G. Smith. 1973. Fossil chitons from the Mesozoic - A checklist and bibliography. Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences 103:1-30 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91218: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.09.2009

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Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with species-resolution identifications and relatively modern nomenclature.
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Polyplacophora
 Paleoloricata - Scanochitonidae
Haeggochiton haeggi
Haeggochiton haeggi Bergenhayn 1955 chiton