Maltesholm: Early/Lower Campanian, Sweden
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Plesiosauria
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Plesiosauria indet.
(de Blainville 1835)
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Persson 1960 | 1 element | ||||||||
| partial propodial, LM, LO 3877 t | ||||||||||
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Scanisaurus cf. nazarowi
(Bogolubov 1911)
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Persson 1960 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen vanum belonging to Plesiosauria | ||||||||||
| propodial | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Hainosaurus sp.
Dollo 1885
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Persson 1960 | 1 element | ||||||||
| tooth | ||||||||||
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Dollosaurus sp.
Yakovlev 1901
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Lindgren 2005 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Prognathodon | ||||||||||
| Eight associated fragments with detached teeth (RM PZ R1772) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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? Osteopygis sp.
Cope 1868
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Persson 1960 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| LM, LO 3734 t. | ||||||||||
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= Pancheloniidae indet.
Joyce et al. 2004
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Parham 2005 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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Synechodus informal sp. 2
Woodward 1888
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
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Squatirhina sp.
Casier 1947
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Triakidae
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? Paratriakis sp.
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Scyliorhinidae
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Scyliorhinus germanicus
Herman 1982
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| recombined as Crassescyliorhinus germanicus | ||||||||||
| Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Hemiscylliidae
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Chiloscyllium sp.
Müller and Henle 1837
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Orectolobiformes
- Parascylliidae
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Pararhincodon spp.
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Cretalamna appendiculata
(Agassiz 1835)
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Siverson 1992 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Anacoracidae
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Squalicorax kaupi
(Agassiz 1843)
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Siverson 1992 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Carcharias latus
(Davis 1890)
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Siverson 1992 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squalidae
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Squalidae spp.
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatina spp.
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontus informal sp. 1
de Blainville 1816
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Sørensen et al. 2013 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Sweden |
| Coordinates: | 55.9° North, 14.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 14.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Campanian | Other zone: | Belemnellocamax mammillatus |
| Age range of interval: | 83.60000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Abundance in sediment: | rare |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Lund University | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Persson locality no. 12 | ||
| Database number: | 102885 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion | Enterer: | H. Street, P. Mannion, J. Tennant |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-01-20 08:23:38 | Last modified: | 2020-09-25 23:15:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-20 08:23:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34814. | J. Lindgren. 2005. The first record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1157-1165 [M. Carrano/H. Street] |
Secondary references:
| 46318 | J. Lindgren. 2005. Dental and vertebral morphology of the enigmatic mosasaur Dollosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) from the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Sweden. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmakr 52:17-25 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] | |
| 41174 | J. F. Parham. 2005. A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):71-77 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 35504 | P. O. Persson. 1960. Reptiles from the Senonian (U Cret) of Scania (S Sweden). Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi 2(35):431-478 [M. Carrano/H. Street] | |
| 73902 | M. Siverson. 1992. Biology, dental morphology and taxonomy of lamniform sharks from the Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, Sweden. Palaeontology 35:519-554 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 45317 | A. M. Sørensen, F. Surlyk, and J. Lindgren. 2013. Food resources and habitat selection of a diverse vertebrate fauna from the upper lower Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 42(1):85-92 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/M. Carrano] |