Bückeberg Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian
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TypeFormation
Unit ofLower Saxony Basin
Sub-unitsOstenwald & Obernkirchen Sandstein Members
UnderliesStadhagen Formation
OverliesMünder Formation
ThicknessOver 500 m (1,600 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryMudstone
OtherSandstone, coal
Location
Coordinates52°18′N 9°12′E / 52.3°N 9.2°E / 52.3; 9.2
Approximate paleocoordinates43°30′N 17°12′E / 43.5°N 17.2°E / 43.5; 17.2
RegionNiedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
CountryGermany
Bückeberg Formation is located in Germany
Bückeberg Formation
Bückeberg Formation (Germany)

The Bückeberg Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte[1] in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous period.[2] The Bückeberg Formation has previously been considered to constitute the "German Wealden" in reference to its similarity to the Wealden Group in the United Kingdom.[3] More recently it has been considered a group, containing the Isterberg and Deister Formations. The plesiosaur Brancasaurus,[4] an indeterminate ankylosaur referred to Hylaeosaurus,[5] the turtle Dorsetochelys are known from the formation.

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References

  1. Hornung et al., in Reitner et al., 2013, p.75
  2. Hornung et al., 2012
  3. Richter, 2011
  4. Sachs et al., 2016
  5. Sachs & Hornung, 2013

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