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Schönleiten Formation

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Schönleiten Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Turonian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofGosau Group
UnderliesNoth Formation
OverliesKreuzgraben Formation
Thicknessup to 200 metres (660 ft)
Lithology
PrimaryShale
OtherSandstone, coal
Location
Country Austria
ExtentGams Basin

The Schönleiten Formation is a geological formation in Austria. Part of the Gosau Group it was deposited during the later Turonian of the Cretaceous period. It primarily consists of grey, weathered yellow shales and dense sandstone, with coal bearing shales near the base. The remains of indeterminate frogs, snakes, Tethysaurines, crocodylians and the teeth of cf. Paronychodon and other indeterminate theropod dinosaurs are known from the formation.[1]

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  1. ^ Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Kollmann, Heinz; Wagreich, Michael; Kalmár, Réka; Makádi, László; Szentesi, Zoltán; Summesberger, Herbert (July 2019). "Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria" (PDF). Cretaceous Research. 99: 190–208. Bibcode:2019CrRes..99..190O. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.001. S2CID 134929335.