Ugnsmunnarna (Cretaceous of Sweden)

Also known as Persson locality no. 15

Where: Götaland, Sweden (56.1° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 14.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Belemnellocamax mammillatus other zone, Early/Lower Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• "Age: B. mammillatus zone (latest early Campanian). The mosasaur material from this locality originates from the uppermost conglomerate (bed 5 in Persson, 1960, fig. 1)."

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: conglomerate and sandy limestone

• "an offshore system"
• The section comprises a very sandy calcarenite (up to 50% quartz sand) with five conglomeratic beds

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Lund University

Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1992. Late Cretaceous Paraorthacodus (Palaeospinacidae, Neoselachii) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 66:994-1001 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102886: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 20.01.2011, edited by Philip Mannion, Jonathan Tennant, Matthew Carrano and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython3 Cope 1869 mosasaur
two marginal teeth (both unnumbered, Lund University) and four jawbone fragments (of which one is a pterygoid) from a large individual (RM PZ R1790– 1793)
Tylosaurus ivoensis2 Russell 1967 mosasaur
Hainosaurus sp.1 Dollo 1885 mosasaur
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines8
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines8 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.4 plesiosaur
caudal vertebra, LM, LO 3891 t
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.5 Marsh 1881 theropod
LO 12095t, incomplete right tibia
Chondrichthyes
 Batoidea -
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus "sp. 1"8 de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina spp.8 Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalidae spp.8 Bonaparte 1834 dogfish shark
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina sp.8 Casier 1947 ray
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis6 Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus perssoni6 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
Anomotodon hermani8 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretalamna borealis" = Cretolamna borealis7
"Cretalamna borealis" = Cretolamna borealis7 Priem 1897 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias tenuis6 Davis 1890 sand shark
Carcharias latus6 Davis 1890 sand shark
Carcharias aasenensis6 Siverson 1992 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon sp.6 Herman 1975 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi6 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium hermani8 Müller 1989 carpet shark
Chiloscyllium gaemersi8 carpet shark
Chiloscyllium sp.8 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon spp.8 Herman 1975 collared carpetshark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus8
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus8 Herman 1982 cat shark
Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp.8 de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
Palaeogaleus sp.8 Gurr 1963 hound shark
? Paratriakis sp.8 hound shark
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus "sp. 1"8 Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
Synechodus "sp. 2"8 Woodward 1888 elasmobranch