The few fragmentary dinosaur fossils recovered in the Kristianstad Basin represent the remains of specimens transported out into the sea during floods or storms.
Despite being fragmentary, they add to our understanding of the as of yet poorly known dinosaur fauna of the Baltic Shield, which was an isolated landmass during the Late Cretaceous.
It is also possible that the recovered dinosaurs were not from the landmass itself, but from the rocky islands of the adjacent archipelago in the Kristianstad Basin itself.
Dinosaur fossils recovered from the Kristianstad Basin can be confidently attributed to theropod, ornithopod and leptoceratopsid dinosaurs.

The recovered dinosaurs all represent animals with lengths less than three meters (9 ft), but this does not necessarily mean that larger dinosaurs were absent; it is equally likely that only small animals were transported out into the sea where they could be fossilized and preserved.
When large dinosaurs are excluded, the dinosaur fauna preserved in the Kristianstad Basin resembles that of Campanian–Maastrichtian dinosaur-bearing formations in Canada, which also include small ornithopods (such as Parksosaurus) and leptoceratopsids (such as Unescoceratops).

Fossil wood has been recovered from late Middle Santonian to earliest Campanian-age deposits at Åsen, representing the tree genera Pinus, Platanus, Scandianthus, Silvianthemum and Actinocalyx.
The few fragmentary dinosaur fossils recovered in the Kristianstad Basin represent the remains of specimens transported out into the sea during floods or storms. Despite being fragmentary, they add to our understanding of the as of yet poorly known dinosaur fauna of the Baltic Shield, which was an isolated landmass during the Late Cretaceous. It is also possible that the recovered dinosaurs were not from the landmass itself, but from the rocky islands of the adjacent archipelago in the Kristianstad Basin itself. Dinosaur fossils recovered from the Kristianstad Basin can be confidently attributed to theropod, ornithopod and leptoceratopsid dinosaurs.
The recovered dinosaurs all represent animals with lengths less than three meters (9 ft), but this does not necessarily mean that larger dinosaurs were absent; it is equally likely that only small animals were transported out into the sea where they could be fossilized and preserved. When large dinosaurs are excluded, the dinosaur fauna preserved in the Kristianstad Basin resembles that of Campanian–Maastrichtian dinosaur-bearing formations in Canada, which also include small ornithopods (such as Parksosaurus) and leptoceratopsids (such as Unescoceratops).
Fossil wood has been recovered from late Middle Santonian to earliest Campanian-age deposits at Åsen, representing the tree genera Pinus, Platanus, Scandianthus, Silvianthemum and Actinocalyx.
Kristianstad Basin