Mesozoic biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic territories / edited by B. P. Kear, Uppsala University, Sweden, J. Lindgren, Lund University, Sweden, J. H. Hurum, University of Oslo, Norway, J. Milàn, Geomuseum Faxe, Denmark, and V. Vajda, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kear, Benjamin P., editor.

Lindgren, J. (Johan), editor.

Hurum, Jørn H., 1967- editor.

Milàn, Jesper, editor.

Vajda, V. (Vivi), editor.

Geological Society of London, issuing body.

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; 0305-8719 no. 434.

Geological Society special publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paleontology--Scandinavia--Mesozoic.

Paleontology.

Scandinavia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

London : The Geological Society, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

Scandinavia and its Arctic territories of Svalbard and Greenland represent geographical regions with a long history of Mesozoic palaeontology. However, the last few decades have witnessed a surge of new discoveries. Especially famous are the Triassic and Late Jurassic Lagerstätten of East Greenland and Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, together with the Late Cretaceous strata of southern Sweden and the UNESCO World Heritage locality at Stevns Klint in Denmark. The latter records one of the most complete terminal Mesozoic rock successions known globally. Collectively, these deposits encompass the spectrum of Mesozoic biotic evolution, including the explosive radiation of marine faunas after the Permian-Triassic extinction, seminal specialization of amniotes for life in the sea, Late Triassic-Jurassic domination of the land by dinosaurs and the Cretaceous development of modern terrestrial floras and marine ecosystems. This volume, authored by leading experts in the field, encapsulates key aspects of the latest research and will provide a benchmark for future investigations into the Scandinavian Mesozoic world.

Contents:

An introduction to the Mesozoic biotas of Scandinavia and its Arctic territories

Carl Wiman and the foundation of Mesozoic vertebrate palaeontology in Sweden

The vertebrate-bearing Late Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation of central East Greenland revisited: stratigraphy, palaeoclimate and new palaeontological data

Coprolites from the Late Triassic Kap Stewart Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland: morphology, classification and prey inclusions

Archosaur footprints (cf. Brachychirotherium) with unusual morphology from the Upper Triassic Fleming Fjord Formation (Norian-Rhaetian) of East Greenland

Biota and palaeoenvironment of a high middle-latitude Late Triassic peat-forming ecosystem from Hopen, Svalbard archipelago

Late Triassic capitosaurian remains from Svalbard and the palaeobiogeographical context of Scandinavian Arctic temnospondyls

Disrupted vegetation as a response to Jurassic volcanism in southern Sweden

Plesiosaurian fossils from Baltic glacial erratics: evidence of Early Jurassic marine amniotes from the southwestern margin of Fennoscandia

The Slottsmøya marine reptile Lagerstatte: depositional environments, taphonomy and diagenesis

The theropod that wasn't: an ornithopod tracksite from the Helvetiafjellet Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Boltodden, Svalbard

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) leaf and palynoflora from southern Skåne, Sweden

Late Cretaceous dinosaurian remains from the Kristianstad Basin of southern Sweden

First evidence of the Cretaceous decapod crustacean Protocallianassa from Sweden

Early Campanian (Late Cretaceous) squatiniform and synechodontiform selachians from the Åsen locality, Kristianstad Basin, Sweden

Late Cretaceous (Campanian) actinopterygian fishes from the Kristianstad Basin of southern Sweden

A partial plesiosaurian braincase from the Upper Cretaceous of Sweden

Late Maastrichtian foraminiferal response to sea-level change and organic flux, Central Graben area, Danish North Sea.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Lyell Collection, Special Publications, Geological Society of London Web site, viewed July 5, 2016).

OCLC:

950526332