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Coordinates: 50°12′N 11°24′E / 50.2°N 11.4°E / 50.2; 11.4
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Vogtendorf Formation
Stratigraphic range: Tremadocian
TypeFormation
UnderliesGösmes Formation
Lithology
PrimaryTuff
Location
Coordinates50°12′N 11°24′E / 50.2°N 11.4°E / 50.2; 11.4
Approximate paleocoordinates52°18′S 94°12′E / 52.3°S 94.2°E / -52.3; 94.2
RegionBavaria
Country Germany
Type section
Named forVogtendorf, Bavaria
Named bySdzuy et al.
Year defined2001
Vogtendorf Formation is located in Germany
Vogtendorf Formation
Vogtendorf Formation (Germany)
Paleogeography of the late Middle Ordovician. The Vogtendorf Formation was deposited around 52°S

The Vogtendorf Formation, in 2001 redefined from the older name Randschiefer-Serie by Sdzuy et al.,[1] is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tremadocian stage of the Ordovician period.[2]

Fossil content

Trilobites
Rhynchonellata

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sdzuy et al., 2001
  2. ^ Vogtendorf Formation at Fossilworks.org
  3. ^ Benedetto, 2007

Bibliography

Benedetto, J. L. 2007. New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana. Journal of Paleontology 81. 261–285. .

Sdzuy, Klaus; Wolfgang Hammann, and Enrique Villas. 2001. The Upper Tremadoc Fauna from Vogtendorf and the Bavarian Ordovician of the Frankenwald. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 81. 207–261. Accessed 2020-10-19.

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