Ivö Klack (Lund University collection): Early/Lower Campanian, Sweden
collected by O. Persson 1955-1970

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos informal sp. 3 Link 1790
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus informal sp. 1 de Blainville 1816
Sørensen et al. 2013
Heterodontus informal sp. 2 de Blainville 1816
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalidae spp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
? Paratriakis sp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinidae informal sp. 2 Gill 1862
Sørensen et al. 2013
Scyliorhinus germanicus Herman 1982
Sørensen et al. 2013
recombined as Crassescyliorhinus germanicus
Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Cretoxyrhinidae
Cretoxyrhina mantelli (Agassiz 1835)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias latus (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Carcharias tenuis (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus perssoni Siverson 1992
Siverson 1992
Anomotodon hermani Siverson 1992
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon sp. Herman 1975
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus andersoni (Case 1978)
Siverson 1992
Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus informal sp. 1 Woodward 1888
Sørensen et al. 2013
Synechodus informal sp. 2 Woodward 1888
Sørensen et al. 2013
Actinopteri - Pachycormiformes - Pachycormidae
Protosphyraena sp. Leidy 1857
Bazzi et al. 2015
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Anomoeodus subclavatus (Agassiz 1833)
Bazzi et al. 2015
Reptilia
Reptilia indet. Laurenti 1768
Persson 1960 3 elements
limb fragments, SM, 6083; UM, R.p. 51; UM, R.p. 52
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Platecarpus cf. somenensis Thevenin 1896
Persson 1960 29 specimens
teeth
    = ? Platecarpus sp. Cope 1869
Sørensen et al. 2013
Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (Mantell 1829)
Persson 1960 29 elements
teeth
    = Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
Lindgren and Siverson 2002
recombined as Mosasaurus ivoensis
Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
Persson 1960 37 elements
teeth
    = Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
Lindgren and Siverson 2002
recombined as Mosasaurus ivoensis
Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885
Dollosaurus sp. Yakovlev 1901
Sørensen et al. 2013 59 specimens
synonym of Prognathodon
58 teeth, one indeterminate caudal (unnumbered, Stockholm University)
Clidastes propython Cope 1869
Lindgren and Siverson 2004 12 specimens
one marginal tooth (RM PZ R1966), one cervical vertebra (unnumbered, Department of Geology and Geochemistry, Stockholm University) and 10 caudal vertebrae (one unnumbered, Lund University; PMU R415, 417, 1255; RM PZ R911, 958, 1015, 1027, 1028, 6081)
Eonatator sternbergi
Sørensen et al. 2013
Halisaurus sternbergi (Wiman 1920)
Lindgren and Siverson 2005 9 specimens
recombined as Eonatator sternbergii
two dorsal vertebrae (PMU R1253 and one unnumbered, PMU), one pygal vertebra (PMU R1256) and six caudal vertebrae (PMU R416, 1255, 1257, and three unnumbered, PMU)
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Persson 1960 3 specimens
teeth, RM,R. 1451
Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes
Hesperornis sp. Marsh 1872
Rees and Lindgren 2005 2 specimens
One dorsal vertebra (SGU 3442 Ve02) and one tibiotarsus (LO 9067t)
Hesperornis rossicus (Nessov and Yarkov 1993)
Rees and Lindgren 2005 2 specimens
Two tarsometatarsi (RM PZ R398; SGU 3442 Ve01)
Reptilia - Hesperornithiformes - Baptornithidae
Baptornis sp. Marsh 1877
Rees and Lindgren 2005 1 specimen
tarsometatarsus (RM PZ R1261)
Parascaniornis stensioei n. gen., n. sp. Lambrecht 1933
Rees and Lindgren 2005 1 specimen
nomen dubium belonging to Baptornis
MGUH 1908.214 - holotype (dorsal vertebra)
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes
Crocodilia indet.
Persson 1960 1 element
dermal plate, UM, R.p. 48
    = Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
Reptilia
Aigialosuchus villandensis n. gen., n. sp. Persson 1960
Persson 1960 1 specimen
partilal skull with dentaries and teeth, S.G.U. A.-N.
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Persson 1960
ribs, gastralia and phalanges
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869
Persson 1960 7 elements
4 vertebrae, coracoid, 2 pubes
Elasmosaurus cf. helmerseni (Kiprijanoff 1882)
Persson 1960 1 specimen
nomen vanum belonging to Elasmosauridae
anterior cervical vertebra (RM, R. 991)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Polycotylidae indet. Williston 1908
Persson 1960 3 specimens
vertebrae (RM, R. 860; UM, R.p.6, 7)
? Polycotylidae sp. Williston 1908
Persson 1960 12 specimens
teeth (RM, R. 1125, 1184–1186, 1254, 1298; UM, R.p. 8–13)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Scanisaurus cf. nazarowi (Bogolubov 1911)
Persson 1960 465 specimens
nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria
216 teeth, 4 series of vertebrae, 235 disarticulated vertebrae, 10 propodials
Reptilia
Testudinata indet. (Oppel 1811)
Persson 1960
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Scheyer et al. 2012 1 specimen
NRM-PZ R. 1519, partial costal bone
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden County:Skane
Coordinates: 56.1° North, 14.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 14.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Campanian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 7
Key time interval:Early/Lower Campanian Other zone: Belemnellocamax mammillatus
Age range of interval:83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost lower Campanian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:random
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:rare
Fragmentation:frequent
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:O. Persson Collection dates:1955-1970
Metadata
Also known as:Blasudden, Ivo; Persson locality no. 5, Blaksudden
Database number:102883
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham, P. Mannion, R. Benson Enterer:H. Street, P. Mannion, J. Tennant, M. Carrano, M. Clapham, R. Benson
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-20 07:57:58 Last modified:2022-03-10 09:49:57
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-20 07:57:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

34814. J. Lindgren. 2005. The first record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1157-1165 [M. Carrano/H. Street]

Secondary references:

77703 M. Bazzi, E. Einarsson, and B. P. Kear. 2015. Late Cretaceous (Campanian) actinopterygian fishes from the Kristianstad Basin of southern Sweden. In B. P. Kear, J. Lindgren, J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, V. Vajda (eds.), Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories. Geological Society of London Special Publications 434:277-292 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
80599 E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
46318 J. Lindgren. 2005. Dental and vertebral morphology of the enigmatic mosasaur Dollosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) from the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Sweden. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmakr 52:17-25 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
44250 J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2002. Tylosaurus ivoensis: a giant mosasaur from the early Campanian of Sweden. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 93:73-93 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
38113 J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2004. The first record of the mosasaur Clidastes from Europe and its palaeogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):219-234 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37934 J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2005. Halisaurus sternbergi, a small mosasaur with an intercontinental distribution. Journal of Paleontology 79(4):763-773 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
35504 P. O. Persson. 1960. Reptiles from the Senonian (U Cret) of Scania (S Sweden). Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi 2(35):431-478 [M. Carrano/H. Street]
80639 S. F. Poropat, E. Einarsson, J. Lindgren, M. Bazzi, C. Lagerstam and B. P. Kear. 2016. Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains from the Kristianstad Basin of southern Sweden. In B. P. Kear, J. Lindgren, J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, V. Vajda (eds.), Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 434 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
76284 E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
39705 J. Rees and J. Lindgren. 2005. Aquatic birds from the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) of Sweden and the biology and distribution of hesperornithiforms. Palaeontology 48(6):1321-1329 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
42790 T. M. Scheyer, T. Möhrs, and E. Einarsson. 2012. First record of soft-shelled turtles (Cryptodira, Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Europe. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1027-1032 [R. Benson/R. Benson]
73902 M. Siverson. 1992. Biology, dental morphology and taxonomy of lamniform sharks from the Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, Sweden. Palaeontology 35:519-554 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
73893 M. Siverson. 1992. Late Cretaceous Paraorthacodus (Palaeospinacidae, Neoselachii) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 66:994-1001 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
45317 A. M. Sørensen, F. Surlyk, and J. Lindgren. 2013. Food resources and habitat selection of a diverse vertebrate fauna from the upper lower Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 42(1):85-92 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano]