Earth:Klettgau Formation
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| Klettgau Formation Stratigraphic range: Carnian-Rhaetian ~235–202 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Unit of | Keuper |
| Sub-units | Ergolz, Gansingen, Berlingen, Seebi, Gruhalde & Belchen Members |
| Underlies | Staffelegg Formation |
| Overlies | Bänkerjoch Formation |
| Thickness | 30–60 m (98–197 ft) locally up to 75 m (246 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone, marl |
| Other | Dolomite, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 47°42′N 8°30′E / 47.7°N 8.5°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 35°12′N 10°42′E / 35.2°N 10.7°E |
| Region | Aargau, Schaffhausen |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Klettgau |
| Named by | Jordan et al. |
| Location | Seebi quarry |
| Year defined | 2016 |
  Klettgau Formation (Switzerland) | |
The Klettgau Formation is a geological formation in Switzerland. It is Late Triassic in age, covering most of the mid to late Norian, the Carnian, and into the Rhaetian, spanning a period of 26-30 million years.[1]
Description
The primary depositional environment was that of a playa with marine and fluvial intercalations. The lithology is quite variable consisting primarily of fine grained rocks typically claystones and dolocretes, often with sandstone or carbonatic fluvial channel fills.[2]
Fossil content
Dinosaur fossils are known from the formation, including those of Plateosaurus, Notatesseraeraptor frickensis and Schleitheimia[3][4]
The following other fossils were found in the formation:[1]
- Prozostrodontia
- Hallautherium schalchi[5]
- Helvetiodon schutzi[5]
- ?Thomasia sp.[6]
- cf. Thomasia sp.[6]
- Thomasia antiqua[6]
- T. moorei[6]
- Tricuspes cf. tuebingensis[6]
- ?Haramiyidae indet.[6]
- Morganucodon peyeri
- Morganucodon sp.
- Reptiles
- Deltadectes elvetica[7]
- Termatosaurus albertii[6]
- Schleitheimia schutzi[8]
- Proganochelys quenstedtii[9]
- Paleollanosaurus sp.[7]
- ?Variodens sp.[6]
- cf. Diphydontosaurus sp.[7]
- cf. Eudimorphodon sp.[6]
- Archosauriformes indet.[10]
- Nothosauridae indet.[6]
- Pterosauria indet.[6]
- Sphenodontia indet.[7]
- Theropoda indet.[11]
- Amphibians
- Fish
- Ceratodus parvus[12]
- Sargodon tomicus[12]
- Dapedium sp.[13]
- Hybodus sp.[12]
- Osteichthyes indet.[6]
- Invertebrates
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Klettgau Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Jordan et al., 2016
- ↑ Zahner & Brinkmann, 2019
- ↑ Rauhut et al., 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Tatarinov, 1985
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 Clemens, 1980
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Whiteside et al., 2017
- ↑ Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Holwerda, Femke M.; Furrer, Heinz (2020). "A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland" (in en). Swiss Journal of Geosciences 113 (1). doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00360-8. ISSN 1661-8726. Bibcode: 2020SwJG..113....8R.
- ↑ Scheyer, Torsten M.; Klein, Nicole; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Mautner, Anna-Katharina; Pabst, Ben (December 2022). "First evidence of Proganochelys quenstedtii (Testudinata) from the Plateosaurus bonebeds (Norian, Late Triassic) of Frick, Canton Aargau, Switzerland" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 141 (1): 17. doi:10.1186/s13358-022-00260-4. ISSN 1664-2376. PMID 36317153. Bibcode: 2022SwJP..141...17S.
- ↑ Butler et al., 2006
- ↑ Carrano, 2020
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Schalch & Peyer, 1919
- ↑ Peyer, 1956
Bibliography
- Carrano, M. T (2020), Taxonomic opinions on the Dinosauria, unpublished
- Rauhut, Oliver W. M.; Holwerda, Femke M.; Furrer, Heinz (2020), "A derived sauropodiform dinosaur and other sauropodomorph material from the Late Triassic of Canton Schaffhausen, Switzerland", Swiss Journal of Geosciences 113 (1): 8, doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00360-8, ISSN 1661-8726, Bibcode: 2020SwJG..113....8R
- Zahner, M.; Brinkmann, W. (2019), "A Triassic averostran-line theropod from Switzerland and the early evolution of dinosaurs", Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (8): 1146–1152, doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0941-z, ISSN 2397-334X, PMID 31285577, Bibcode: 2019NatEE...3.1146Z
- Whiteside, D. I.; Duffin, C. J.; Furrer, H. (2017), "The Late Triassic lepidosaur fauna from Hallau, North-Eastern Switzerland, and a new 'basal' rhynchocephalian Deltadectes elvetica gen. et sp. nov.", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 285 (1): 53–74, doi:10.1127/njgpa/2017/0669, Bibcode: 2017NJGPA.285...53W
- Jordan, Peter; Pietsch, Johannes S.; Bläsi, Hansruedi; Furrer, Heinz; Kündig, Nicole; Looser, Nathan; Wetzel, Andreas; Deplazes, Gaudenz (2016), "The middle to late Triassic Bänkerjoch and Klettgau formations of northern Switzerland", Swiss Journal of Geosciences 109 (2): 257–284, doi:10.1007/s00015-016-0218-3, ISSN 1661-8726, Bibcode: 2016SwJG..109..257J
- Butler, R. J.; Porro, L. B.; Heckert, A. B. (2006), "A supposed heterodontosaurid tooth from the Rhaetian of Switzerland and a reassessment of the European Late Triassic record of Ornithischia (Dinosauria)", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 2006 (10): 613–633, doi:10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/613
- Tatarinov, L. P (1985), "New data on a collection of tetrapod teeth from the Rhaetian of Hallau (Switzerland)", Paleontological Journal 1: 138–140
- Clemens, W. A (1980), "Rhaeto-Liassic mammals from Switzerland and West Germany", Zitteliana 5: 51–92
- Peyer, B (1956), "Über Zähne von Haramiyiden, von Triconodonten und von wahrscheinlich synapsiden Reptilien aus dem Rhät von Hallau, Kt. Schaffhausen, Schweiz - On the teeth of haramiyids, triconodonts, and probable synapsid reptiles from the Rhaetic of Hallau, Kanton Schaffhausen, Switzerland", Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 72: 1–72
- Schalch, F.; Peyer, B. (1919), "Über ein neues Rhätvorkommen im Keuper des Donau-Rheinzuges - On a new occurrence of the Rhaetian in the Keuper of the Danube-Rhine valleys", Mitteilungen der Badischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 8: 263–315
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