Where: Halland, Sweden (56.3° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.2° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Albian (105.3 - 99.6 Ma)
• Haegg (1930, 1935) discusses the Tormarpchalk as Mammillatenkrita/Mammillaten zone. The informal swedish B. mammillatus zone belongs to the uppermost Lower Campanian. In 1940 Haegg discusses the faunal assemblage as most probably belonging to the Inflaticeras inflatum zone (Late Albian), and possibly as well to the Pecten asper zone (Lower Cenomanian).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; calcareous conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Haegg. 1940. Die Mollusken und Brachiopoden der Kreide bei Tormarp in Schweden. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 62(3):214-233 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38722: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 01.05.2004, edited by Mihaela Krause
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Callista plana venus clam | |
Tellina inaequalis tellin clam | |
Solecurtus aequalis clam | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
"Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis
"Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
"Ostrea digitata" = Cubitostrea digitalina, "Ostrea diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum, Ostrea conica
"Ostrea digitata" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
"Ostrea diluviana" = Rastellum diluvianum Linnaeus 1767 oyster
Ostrea conica Stoppani 1865 oyster | |
Pteria anomala pearl oyster | |
"Pecten gaultinus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) gaultinus, "Pecten curvatus" = Camptonectes virgatus, "Pecten acuminatus" = Chlamys subacuta, "Spondylus striatus" = Spondylus subnodosus
"Pecten gaultinus" = Camptonectes (Camptonectes) gaultinus Woods 1902 scallop
"Pecten curvatus" = Camptonectes virgatus Nilsson 1827 scallop
"Pecten acuminatus" = Chlamys subacuta Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Spondylus striatus" = Spondylus subnodosus Packard 1922 scallop | |
Neithea sp., "Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
"Neithea aequicostata" = Neithea (Neithea) aequicostata Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
"Pecten orbicularis" = Entolium orbiculare
"Pecten orbicularis" = Entolium orbiculare Sowerby 1817 scallop | |
Cucullaea glabra Parkinson 1811 clam | |
Mytilus tornacensis, "Modiola reversa" = Modiolus reversus
Mytilus tornacensis mussel
"Modiola reversa" = Modiolus reversus Sowerby 1836 mussel | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria texta" = Zlichomphalina texta
"Pleurotomaria texta" = Zlichomphalina texta Perner 1907 snail | |
Pileolus koninckianus snail | |
Nerita nodosa snail | |
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Pseudomelania laubeana snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Capulus elongatus snail | |
Turritella verneuilliana turret shell | |
Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella grasiana" = Grasirhynchia grasiana
"Rhynchonella grasiana" = Grasirhynchia grasiana d'Orbigny 1849 | |
"Terebratula capillata" = Capillithyris capillata
"Terebratula capillata" = Capillithyris capillata Archiac 1847 | |
Magas sp. Sowerby 1816 |