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

Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus "sp. 1"8 Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
Synechodus "sp. 2"8 Woodward 1888 elasmobranch
 Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890 elasmobranch
 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
 Batoidea -
 Rajiformes -
Squatirhina sp.8 Casier 1947 ray
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Palaeogaleus sp.8 Gurr 1963 hound shark
? Paratriakis sp.8 hound shark
Galeorhinus sp.8 de Blainville and Prévost 1816 school shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus8
"Scyliorhinus germanicus" = Crassescyliorhinus germanicus8 Herman 1982 cat shark
Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus
 Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon spp.8 Herman 1975 collared carpetshark
 Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Chiloscyllium sp.8 Müller and Henle 1837 carpet shark
Hemiscyllium hermani8 Müller 1989 carpet shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias latus6 Davis 1890 sand shark
Carcharias aasenensis6 Siverson 1992 sand shark
Carcharias tenuis6 Davis 1890 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi6 Agassiz 1843 crow shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus perssoni6 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
Anomotodon hermani8 Siverson 1992 goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis6 Davis 1890 mackerel shark
 Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon sp.6 Herman 1975 thresher shark
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Cretalamna borealis" = Cretolamna borealis7
"Cretalamna borealis" = Cretolamna borealis7 Priem 1897 mackerel shark
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines8
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines8 Batsch 1788 turtle
 Squamata - Mosasauridae
Tylosaurus ivoensis2 Russell 1967 mosasaur
Hainosaurus sp.1 Dollo 1885 mosasaur
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)
 Theropoda -
Theropoda indet.5 Marsh 1881 theropod
LO 12095t, incomplete right tibia
 Plesiosauria -
Plesiosauria indet.4 plesiosaur
caudal vertebra, LM, LO 3891 t