Festningen Sandstone
| Festningen Sandstone | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Barremian ~ | |
| Type | Member |
| Unit of | Helvetiafjellet Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 78°06′N 14°00′E / 78.1°N 14.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 69°24′N 17°30′E / 69.4°N 17.5°E |
| Region | Svalbard |
| Country |  Norway |
  Festningen Sandstone (Svalbard) | |
The Festningen Sandstone is an Early Cretaceous (Barremian) geologic formation in Svalbard, in the far north of Norway. Fossil ornithopod tracks have been reported from the formation.[1][2][3][4]
See also
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Norway
- Lunde Formation
- Camarillas Formation
- South Polar region of the Cretaceous
References
- ^ Weishampel et al., 2004, pp. 517-607
- ^ Dinosaur tracks
- ^ Festningen Sandstone at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Lockley & Meyer, 2000, pp.220-222
Bibliography
Further reading
- J. H. Hurum, J. Milàn, Hammer Midtkandal, H. Amundsen, and B. Sæther. 2006. Tracking polar dinosaurs—new finds from the Lower Cretaceous of Svalbard. Norwegian Journal of Geology 86:397-402
- A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Découverte de traces de pas de Dinosauriens dans le Crétacé du Spitzberg [Discovery of dinosaur footprints in the Cretaceous of Siptzbergen]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris 251:1399-1400