Where: Sweden (56.2° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.5° 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
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Riksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden; Geological SUrvey of Sweden, Stockholm.
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 91219: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.09.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Polyplacophora | |
Scanochiton jugatus Bergenhayn 1943 chiton
Olingechiton triangulatus Bergenhayn 1943 chiton |