Schrambach Formation

Schrambach Formation
Stratigraphic range: Berriasian-Barremian
Type	Formation
Lithology
Primary	Limestone
Other	Marl
Location
Coordinates	47.9°N 14.4°E / 47.9; 14.4
Approximate paleocoordinates	31.0°N 23.1°E / 31.0; 23.1
Region	Ternberg Bavaria
Country	Austria Germany
Extent	Northern Limestone Alps
Type section
Named for	Schrambach
Schrambach Formation (Austria)

The Schrambach Formation is a geologic formation in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria and Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Cretaceous period.

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Austria
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany

Further reading

• A. Lukeneder and D. Rehakova. 2004. Lower Cretaceous Section of the Ternberg Nappe (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria): facies-changes, biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Geologica Carpathica 55(3):227-237
• A. Lukeneder. 2003. The Karsteniceras level: Dysoxic ammonoid beds within the Early Cretaceous (Barremian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Facies 49(1):87-100
• A. Lukeneder and K. Tanabe. 2002. In situ finds of aptychi in the Barremian of the Alpine Lower Cretaceous (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria). Cretaceous Research 23:15-24
• T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188

External links

• Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)