Maltesholm (Cretaceous of Sweden)

Also known as Persson locality no. 12

Where: Sweden (55.9° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 14.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Lund University

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

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 102885: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 20.01.2011, edited by Philip Mannion and Jonathan Tennant

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus "sp. 2"5 Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
 Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus "sp. 1"5 de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina spp.5 Dumeril 1806 angel shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalidae spp.5 Bonaparte 1834 dogfish shark
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina sp.5 Casier 1947 ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
? Paratriakis sp.5 hound shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus5
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus5 Herman 1982 cat shark
Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon spp.5 Herman 1975 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.5 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias latus4 Davis 1890 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi4 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretalamna appendiculata4 Agassiz 1835 mackerel shark
Reptilia
 Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Pancheloniidae indet.2 Joyce et al. 2004 turtle
LM, LO 3734 t.
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885 mosasaur
Mosasaurus sp.3 Parkinson 1822 mosasaur
tooth
"Dollosaurus sp." = Prognathodon1 Dollo 1889 mosasaur
Eight associated fragments with detached teeth (RM PZ R1772)
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.3, "Scanisaurus cf. nazarowi" = Cimoliosaurus nazarowi3
Plesiosauria indet.3 plesiosaur
partial propodial, LM, LO 3877 t
"Scanisaurus cf. nazarowi" = Cimoliosaurus nazarowi3 Bogolubov 1911 plesiosaur
propodial