Also known as Annetorp
Where: Sweden (55.6° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 10.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: NP3 nannofossil zone, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• overall section spans "NP1-middle NP3" but all of these fossils are from the Middle Danian, and mostly upper Middle Danian, part
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone
Size class: microfossils
Preservation: replaced with phosphate
Collected by A. F. Carlsson, P. Cederström
Collection methods: chemical, acetic,
• "treated with buffered acetic acid in order to remove adhering carbonates"
•not bulk collected
•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 90576: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.08.2009, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Thoracosaurus scanicus n. sp." = Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus
"Thoracosaurus scanicus n. sp." = Thoracosaurus macrorhynchus de Blainville 1855 crocodilian Type (skull, mandible, and associated postcranial remains)
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Chondrichthyes | |
Notidanodon brotzeni n. sp. cow shark
Hexanchus sp. Rafinesque 1810 sixgill shark
Heptranchias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sevengill shark
Notorhynchus sp. Ayres 1855 sevengill shark | |
Odontaspis speyeri sand tiger shark | |
Striatolamia cederstroemi goblin shark | |
Carcharias gracilis Davis 1890 sand shark
Carcharias aff. tenuis Davis 1890 sand shark |