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Sebeș Formation

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Sebeș Formation
Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian, 70–66 Ma
TypeGeological formation
UnderliesUnconformity
OverliesBozeș Formation, Flysch
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherSandstone, Conglomerate
Location
RegionEurope
Country Romania
ExtentTransylvanian Basin
Type section
Named forSebeș

The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania. It is of Maastrichtian age. It is laterally equivalent to the Sard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates.[1] It is well known for its fossils which form a component of the Hațeg Island fauna.

Paleobiota[2]

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Turtles

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Turtles of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Kallokibotion K. bajazidi
Dortokidae Indeterminate

Dinosaurs

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Dinosaurs of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Balaur[3] B. bondoc Partial avialan skeleton, probably a junior synonym of Elopteryx[4][5]
Magyarosaurus Indeterminate The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Şard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead.
Struthiosaurus S. transsylvanicus
Telmatosaurus Indeterminate
Zalmoxes Z. robustus
Enantiornithes Indeterminate

Pterosaurs

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Pterosaurs of the Sebeş Formation
Genus Species Notes Images
Hatzegopteryx Indeterminate
Eurazhdarcho[6] E. langendorfensis

References

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  1. ^ Vremir, Mátyás; Bălc, Ramona; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Brusatte, Stephen L.; Dyke, Gareth; Naish, Darren; Norell, Mark A. (May 2014). "Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania". Cretaceous Research. 49: 13–38. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.002.
  2. ^ "Sebes Formation". Paleobiology Database.
  3. ^ Z., Csiki; Vremir, M.; Brusatte, S. L.; Norell, M. A. (2010). "An aberrant island-dwelling theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Romania". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (35): 15357–15361. Bibcode:2010PNAS..10715357C. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMC 2932599. PMID 20805514.
  4. ^ Brusatte, S. L.; Vremir, M. T. S.; Csiki-Sava, Z. N.; Turner, A. H.; Watanabe, A.; Erickson, G. M.; Norell, M. A. (2013). "The Osteology of Balaur bondoc, an Island-Dwelling Dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the Late Cretaceous of Romania" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 374: 1–100. doi:10.1206/798.1. S2CID 59932467.
  5. ^ Stoicescu, V.; Codrea, V.A.; Bordeianu, M.; Solomon, A.A. (2024). "Elopteryx at Nălaț-Vad: new theropod material described from the Hațeg Basin (Romania)" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 20 (1): 73–80.
  6. ^ Vremir, M. T. S.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Naish, D.; Dyke, G. J. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity and Distribution". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e54268. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...854268V. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054268. PMC 3559652. PMID 23382886.