Where: Sweden (55.6° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 11.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• Probably mid-Maastrichtian. Brood (1972) suggested a late Early Maastrichtian age for the Kvarnby chalk. Based on foraminifera, Holland (in Ringberg et al. (1984) referred the strata to the Late, but not latest, Maastrichtian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: chalk
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by M. Siverson
Collection methods: bulk, surface (float)
• Repository: Lund University
Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1993. Maastrichtian squaloid shaks from southern Sweden. Palaeontology 36:1-19 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 214328: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.09.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Eoetmopterus cf. supracretaceus Müller and Schöllmann 1989 shark
Proetmopterus hemmooriensis Herman 1982 shark | |
Centroscymnus schmidi Herman 1982 sleeper shark | |
Microetmopterus wardi n. gen. n. sp., Squalus gabrielsoni n. sp.
Microetmopterus wardi n. gen. n. sp. Siverson 1993 dogfish shark
Squalus gabrielsoni n. sp. Siverson 1993 dogfish shark |