Ugnsmunnarna: Early/Lower Campanian, Sweden

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Mosasauridae
Clidastes propython Cope 1869
Lindgren and Siverson 2004
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 ivoensis (Russell 1967)
Lindgren and Siverson 2002
recombined as Mosasaurus ivoensis
Hainosaurus sp. Dollo 1885
Lindgren 2005
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
Sørensen et al. 2013
synonym of Testudines
Reptilia - Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria indet. (de Blainville 1835)
Persson 1960 1 element
caudal vertebra, LM, LO 3891 t
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Poropat et al. 2016 1 specimen
LO 12095t, incomplete right tibia
Chondrichthyes
Rhinobatoidea informal indet. 2
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Heterodontus informal sp. 1 de Blainville 1816
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae
Squatina spp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae
Squalidae spp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes
Squatirhina sp. Casier 1947
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Archaeolamnidae
Archaeolamna kopingensis (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Mitsukurinidae
Scapanorhynchus perssoni Siverson 1992
Siverson 1992
Anomotodon hermani Siverson 1992
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Cretolamna appendiculata (Agassiz 1835)
Siverson 1992
    = Cretalamna borealis Priem 1897
Siversson et al. 2015
recombined as Cretolamna borealis
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias tenuis (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Carcharias latus (Davis 1890)
Siverson 1992
Carcharias aasenensis Siverson 1992
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Paranomotodon sp. Herman 1975
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Anacoracidae
Squalicorax kaupi (Agassiz 1843)
Siverson 1992
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Hemiscylliidae
Hemiscyllium hermani Müller 1989
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chiloscyllium gaemersi
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chiloscyllium sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Orectolobiformes - Parascylliidae
Pararhincodon spp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus germanicus Herman 1982
Sørensen et al. 2013
recombined as Crassescyliorhinus germanicus
Listed as ‘Scyliorhinus’ germanicus
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
Galeorhinus sp. de Blainville and Prévost 1816
Sørensen et al. 2013
Palaeogaleus sp. Gurr 1963
Sørensen et al. 2013
? Paratriakis sp.
Sørensen et al. 2013
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Paraorthacodontidae
Paraorthacodus conicus Davis 1890
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Synechodus informal sp. 1 Woodward 1888
Sørensen et al. 2013
Synechodus informal sp. 2 Woodward 1888
Sørensen et al. 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Sweden State/province:Götaland County:Skåne
Coordinates: 56.1° North, 14.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.6° North, 14.4° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "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)."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Secondary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The section comprises a very sandy calcarenite (up to 50% quartz sand) with five conglomeratic beds
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: "an offshore system"
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. 15
Database number:102886
Authorizer:M. Carrano, M. Clapham, P. Mannion Enterer:H. Street, M. Clapham, J. Tennant, P. Mannion, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-01-20 08:27:49 Last modified:2022-03-10 09:54:23
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-20 08:27:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
73893. M. Siverson. 1992. Late Cretaceous Paraorthacodus (Palaeospinacidae, Neoselachii) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 66:994-1001 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

80599 E. Isasmendi, A. Torices, J. I. Canudo, P. J. Currie, and X. Pereda-Suberbiola. 2022. Upper Cretaceous European theropod palaeobiodiversity, palaeobiogeography and the intra‐Maastrichtian faunal turnover: new contributions from the Iberian fossil site of Laño. Papers in Palaeontology 8(1):e1419:1-38 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
34814 J. Lindgren. 2005. The first record of Hainosaurus (Reptilia: Mosasauridae) from Sweden. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1157-1165 [M. Carrano/H. Street]
44250 J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2002. Tylosaurus ivoensis: a giant mosasaur from the early Campanian of Sweden. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 93:73-93 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]
38113 J. Lindgren and M. Siverson. 2004. The first record of the mosasaur Clidastes from Europe and its palaeogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):219-234 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
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]
80639 S. F. Poropat, E. Einarsson, J. Lindgren, M. Bazzi, C. Lagerstam and B. P. Kear. 2016. Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains from the Kristianstad Basin of southern Sweden. In B. P. Kear, J. Lindgren, J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, V. Vajda (eds.), Mesozoic Biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic Territories. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 434 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
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]
74347 M. Siversson, J. Lindgren, M. G. Newbrey, P. Cederström, and T. D. Cook. 2015. Cenomanian–Campanian (Late Cretaceous) mid-palaeolatitude sharks of Cretalamna appendiculata type. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60:339-384 [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]