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Mats Eriksson

Mats Eriksson

Professor

Mats Eriksson

Scolecodonts from the Upper Danian (Paleocene) of Skane, Sweden

Author

  • C F Bergman
  • Mats Eriksson

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.

Department/s

  • Lithosphere and Biosphere Science

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

163-167

Publication/Series

GFF

Volume

125

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Geology

Keywords

  • Skane
  • Paleocene
  • Danian
  • Drilonereis
  • Glycera
  • polychaetes
  • scolecodonts
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2000-0863