Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Ophryotrocha sp., the first report of a jawed polychaete from the Cretaceous of Skĺne, Sweden

Mats Eriksson and Sofie Lindström

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45 (3), 2000: 311-315

An incomplete jaw apparatus of a Cretaceous polychaete congeneric with the Recent Ophryotrocha, was recovered in a palynological sample from Sklne, southern Sweden. This is the first record of a jawed polychaete from the Cretaceous of Sweden.

Mats Eriksson [Mats.Eriksson@geol.lu.se] and Sofie Lindstrom [Sofie.Lindstrom@geol.lu.se], Department of Geology, University of Lund, Solvegatan 13, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden.


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