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{{Short description|Geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany}}
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| name           = Hassberge Formation
| image          =
| caption        =
| type           = [[Formation (stratigraphy)|Formation]]
| age            = [[Carnian]] ([[Tuvalian]])<br>~{{fossil range|235|222}}
| period         = Carnian
| prilithology   = [[Sandstone]]
| otherlithology = [[Shale]]
| namedfor       = [[Hassberge]]
| namedby        = 
| year_ts        = 
| region         = [[Bavaria]]
| country        = {{GER}}
| coordinates    = {{coord|50.0|N|10.7|E|display=inline}}
| paleocoordinates = {{coord|27.4|N|13.1|E|display=inline}}
| unitof         = [[Keuper]]
| subunits       = [[Blasensandstein]] & Coburger Sandstein members
| underlies      = [[Mainhardt Formation]]
| overlies       = [[Steigerwald Formation]]
| thickness      = 
| extent         = [[Southern Germanic Basin]]
| area           =
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| relief = 1
| width   = 250
| float   = center
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  | lat_deg = 50.0
  | lon_deg = 10.7
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The '''Hassberge Formation''' is a [[Formation (geology)|geologic formation]] in [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. It preserves [[fossils]] dating back to the [[Carnian]] stage of the [[Triassic]] [[Period (geology)|period]].<ref name=FW>[ Hassberge Formation] at [[Fossilworks]].org</ref>

== Fossil content ==
{{see also|Blasensandstein#Fossil content}}

=== Insects ===
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;Coleoptera
* ''[[Carabilarva|Carabilarva triassica]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/>
* ''[[Dinoharpalus|Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides]]''<ref name=Ponomarenko2015>Ponomarenko et al., 2015</ref>
* ''[[Larvula|Larvula triassica]]''<ref name=Prokin2013>Prokin et al., 2013</ref>
* ''[[Protonectes|Protonectes germanicus]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/>
* ''[[Stargelytron|Stargelytron larissae]]''<ref name=Ponomarenko2015/>
* ''[[Zygadenia|Zygadenia sp.]]''<ref name=Prokin2013/>
* [[Coptoclavidae|Coptoclavidae indet.]]<ref name=Fedorenko2014>Fedorenko, 2014</ref>
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=== Invertebrates ===
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* ''[[Euestheria|Euestheria kozuri]]''<ref name=Geyer2018>Geyer & Kelber, 2018</ref>
* ''[[Gregoriusella|Gregoriusella striatula]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/>
* ''[[Laxitextella|Laxitextella dorsorecta]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/>
* ''[[Laxitextella|L. freybergi]]''<ref name=Geyer2018/>
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=== Ichnofossils ===
* ''[[Apatopus|Apatopus lineatus]]''<ref name=Klein2013>Klein & Lucas, 2013</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany]]
* [[Benkersandstein]], contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
* [[Chañares Formation]], fossiliferous formation of the [[Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin]], Argentina
* [[Candelária Formation, Paraná Basin|Candelária Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
* [[Molteno Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
* [[Pebbly Arkose Formation]], contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
* [[Denmark Hill Insect Bed]], contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
* [[Madygen Formation]], contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan
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== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

=== Bibliography ===
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* {{citation |last1=Geyer |first1=G. |first2=K.-P. |last2=Kelber |year=2018 |title=Spinicaudata ("Conchostraca," Crustacea) from the Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern Germanic Basin, with a review of Carnian–Norian taxa and suggested biozones |journal=[[Paläontologische Zeitschrift]] |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=1–34|doi=10.1007/s12542-017-0363-7 |bibcode=2018PalZ...92....1G }}
* {{citation |last1=Ponomarenko |first1=A. G. |first2=A. A. |last2=Prokin |first3=A. S. |last3=Bashkuev |year=2015 |title=Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany |journal=[[Paleontological Journal]] |volume=49 |issue=12 |pages=1334–1345|doi=10.1134/S0031030115120096 |bibcode=2015PalJ...49.1334P }}
* {{citation |last=Fedorenko |first=D. N |year=2014 |title=Wings of Coptoclavidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Keuper (Triassic) of Franconia, Germany |journal=[[Paleontological Journal]] |volume=48 |issue=6 |pages=605–609|doi=10.1134/S0031030114060069 |bibcode=2014PalJ...48..605F }}
* {{citation |last1=Klein |first1=H. |first2=S. G. |last2=Lucas |year=2013 |title=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]] |volume=61 |pages=}}
* {{citation |last1=Prokin |first1=A. A. |first2=K. V. |last2=Makarov |first3=A. G. |last3=Ponomarenko |first4=A. S. |last4=Bashkuev |year=2013 |title=New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany |journal=[[Russian Entomological Journal]] |volume=22 |pages=259–274}}
* {{citation |last=Weiss |first=W |year=1934 |title=Eine Fährtenschicht im mittelfränkischen Blasensandstein - A trackway layer in the middle Franconian Blasensandstein |journal=[[Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins]] |series=Neue Folge |volume=23 |pages=5–11|doi=10.1127/jmogv/23/1934/5 }}
* {{citation |last=Kuhn |first=O |year=1932 |title=Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken |journal=[[Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie]] |volume=69 |pages=94–144}}

[[Category:Triassic System of Europe]]
[[Category:Triassic Germany]]
[[Category:Carnian Stage]]
[[Category:Sandstone formations]]
[[Category:Shale formations]]
[[Category:Lacustrine deposits]]
[[Category:Ichnofossiliferous formations]]
[[Category:Paleontology in Germany]]