Solling Formation
Appearance
Solling Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian (Spathian-Aegean) ~ | |
Type | Formation |
Unit of | Buntsandstein Group |
Sub-units | Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone |
Other | Siltstone |
Location | |
Coordinates | 50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 16°12′N 19°42′E / 16.2°N 19.7°E |
Region | Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia |
Country | Germany |
The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany.[1] Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.
Description
The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Temnospondyls
Reptiles
- Anomoiodon liliensterni[3]
- Ctenosauriscus koeneni[4]
- Koiloskiosaurus coburgiensis[5]
- Trachelosaurus fischeri[6]
Flora
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
- H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Germany
- Triassic System of Europe
- Triassic Germany
- Anisian Stage
- Olenekian Stage
- Shale formations
- Siltstone formations
- Shallow marine deposits
- Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of Europe
- Paleontology in Germany
- Geography of Bavaria
- Geography of Lower Saxony
- Geography of Saxony-Anhalt
- Geography of Thuringia