Hassberge Formation
Stratigraphic range: Carnian (Tuvalian)
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TypeFormation
Unit ofKeuper
Sub-unitsBlasensandstein & Coburger Sandstein members
UnderliesMainhardt Formation
OverliesSteigerwald Formation
Lithology
PrimarySandstone
OtherShale
Location
Coordinates50°00′N 10°42′E / 50.0°N 10.7°E / 50.0; 10.7
Approximate paleocoordinates27°24′N 13°06′E / 27.4°N 13.1°E / 27.4; 13.1
RegionBavaria
Country Germany
ExtentSouthern Germanic Basin
Type section
Named forHassberge
Hassberge Formation is located in Germany
Hassberge Formation
Hassberge Formation (Germany)

The Hassberge Formation is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.[1]

Fossil content

Insects

Coleoptera

Invertebrates

  • Euestheria kozuri[5]
  • Gregoriusella striatula[5]
  • Laxitextella dorsorecta[5]
  • L. freybergi[5]

Ichnofossils

See also

References

  1. [ Hassberge Formation] at Fossilworks.org
  2. 1 2 3 4 Prokin et al., 2013
  3. 1 2 Ponomarenko et al., 2015
  4. Fedorenko, 2014
  5. 1 2 3 4 Geyer & Kelber, 2018
  6. Klein & Lucas, 2013

Bibliography

  • Geyer, G., and K.-P. Kelber. 2018. Spinicaudata ("Conchostraca," Crustacea) from the Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern Germanic Basin, with a review of Carnian–Norian taxa and suggested biozones. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92. 1-34. .
  • Ponomarenko, A. G.; A. A. Prokin, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2015. Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 49. 1334-1345. .
  • Fedorenko, D. N. 2014. Wings of Coptoclavidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Keuper (Triassic) of Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 48. 605-609. .
  • Klein, H., and S. G. Lucas. 2013. The Late Triassic tetrapod ichnotaxon Apatopus lineatus (Bock 1952) and its distribution. In L. H. Tanner, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas (eds.), The Triassic System: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, .. 61;
  • Prokin, A. A.; K. V. Makarov; A. G. Ponomarenko, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2013. New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Russian Entomological Journal 22. 259-274. .
  • Weiss, W. 1934. Eine Fährtenschicht im mittelfränkischen Blasensandstein - A trackway layer in the middle Franconian Blasensandstein. Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins 23. 5-11. .
  • Kuhn, O. 1932. Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 69. 94-144. .
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