Limhamn Quarry Sample S92-6-2-MS (Paleocene of Sweden)

Also known as Annetorp

Where: Sweden (55.6° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: NP3 nannofossil zone, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• overall section spans "NP1-middle NP3" but boulder is "derived from beds somewhere within the Upper Danian sequence (the upper part)"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• "inner shelf"
• "fallen boulder of a relatively poorly consolidated calcisiltite rich in bivalves, brachiopods, and echinoids, the latter often preserved phosphatized"

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: replaced with phosphate

Collected by M. Siversen

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, acetic, sieve,

• "treated with buffered acetic acid in order to remove adhering carbonates"

•Lund Original and Swedish Museum of Natural History collections

Primary reference: M. Siverson. 1995. Revision of the Danian cow sharks, sand tiger sharks, and goblin sharks (Hexanchidae, Odontaspididae, and Mitsukurinidae) from southern Sweden. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 15(1):1-12 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90575: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Hexanchiformes - Hexanchidae
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
 Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Striatolamia cederstroemi n. sp. goblin shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias aff. tenuis Davis 1890 sand shark
Carcharias gracilis Davis 1890 sand shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark