Ignaberga (Persson collection): Early/Lower Campanian, Sweden
collected by P.O. Persson

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Pycnolepas ignabergensis n. sp. Carlsson 1953
Jagt et al. 2007
recombined as Faxelepas ignabergensis
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnellocamax mammillatus
Jagt et al. 2007
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. de Blainville 1835
1 element
partial propodial, LM, LO 3839 t
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Elasmosauridae indet. Cope 1869
1 element
pubis, LM, LO 3842
? Elasmosaurus cf. gigas (Schröder 1885)
1 element
nomen vanum belonging to Elasmosauridae
vertebra (UM, R.p. 14)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Polycotylidae indet. Williston 1908
1 element
vertebra (LM, LO 3838 t)
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Scanisaurus cf. nazarowi (Bogolubov 1911)
6 elements
nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria
4 vertebrae, 2 propodials
Reptilia - Testudinata
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
3 elements
costal (LM, LO 3835 t), scapula (LM, LO 3836 t), and pubis (LM, LO 3837 t)
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Mosasaurus cf. hoffmanni (Mantell 1829)
1 element
tooth
    = Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
Lindgren and Siverson 2002
recombined as Mosasaurus ivoensis
Mosasaurus sp. Parkinson 1822
3 elements
teeth
    = Tylosaurus ivoensis Russell 1967
Lindgren and Siverson 2002
recombined as Mosasaurus ivoensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden
Coordinates: 56.1° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 13.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:83.50000 - 70.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: packstone
Lithology description: calcarenite
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:P.O. Persson
Collection method comments: Repository: Lund University
Metadata
Database number:214339
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2020-09-25 00:03:06 Last modified:2020-09-25 22:53:33
Access level:the public Released:2020-09-25 00:03:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

52290 J. W. M. Jagt, T. D. Zonova, and E. A. Jagt-Yazykova. 2007. A review of the brachylepadomorph cirripede genus Pycnolepas, including the first record of an Early Cretaceous species from the Russian Far East. Zootaxa (1545)33-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
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]
73893 M. Siverson. 1992. Late Cretaceous Paraorthacodus (Palaeospinacidae, Neoselachii) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 66:994-1001 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]