Stevns Kridtbrud, Sigerslev: Late/Upper Maastrichtian, Denmark
collected by Alice Rasmussen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Mosasauridae
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Mosasaurus sp.
Parkinson 1822
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Pterygoid tooth crown | ||||||||||
Plioplatecarpus sp.
Dollo 1882
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Isolated marginal tooth crown | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Denmark |
Coordinates: | 55.3° North, 12.4° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° North, 10.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Other zone: | Belemnella kazimiroviensis |
Age range of interval: | 70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Danish White Chalk |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | white "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: White chalk | |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collectors: | Alice Rasmussen |
Collection method comments: In the private collection of Alice Rasmussen |
Metadata
Database number: | 140268 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-03-06 22:43:05 | Last modified: | 2013-03-06 05:44:38 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-06 22:43:05 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
45343. | J. Lindgren and J. W. M. Jagt. 2005. Danish mosasaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):315-320 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |