
Mats Eriksson
Professor

Scolecodonts from the Upper Danian (Paleocene) of Skane, Sweden
Författare
Summary, in English
Jaws of fossil marine polychaete annelids, scolecodonts, from Sweden have chiefly been reported from Silurian strata. The specimens described in this paper come from Upper Danian (Paleocene) strata of the Limhamn quarry in Skane (Scania), the southernmost province of Sweden. The jaws are assigned to the Recent genera Glycera and Drilonereis, but their state of preservation did not allow species identification. The low diversity fauna is almost exclusively composed of Glycera sp. It differs conspicuously in taxonomical composition from Palaeozoic assemblages and exhibits close affinity to other Mesozoic and Cenozoic faunas as well as and modern ones.
Avdelning/ar
- Berggrundsgeologi
Publiceringsår
2003
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
163-167
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
GFF
Volym
125
Issue
3
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Geology
Nyckelord
- Skane
- Paleocene
- Danian
- Drilonereis
- Glycera
- polychaetes
- scolecodonts
- Sweden
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2000-0863