Earth:Schistes bitumineux

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Schistes bitumineux
Stratigraphic range: Early Jurassic, Toarcian
TypeGeological formation
Unit ofPosidonia Shale
Location
Country Luxembourg

The "Schistes bitumineux" (French for Oil shale/Bituminous shale) is an Early Jurassic geologic formation in Luxembourg that is located within an oil shale, hence the name.[1][2] The machimosaurid teleosauroid Macrospondylus bollensis is known from this formation.[2]

This formation may be part of the larger Posidonia Shale,[3] which also outcrops in Luxembourg, among other countries.

Paleofauna

  • Macrospondylus bollensis[2]

References

  1. Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMID 33083104. 
  3. HENROTAY, M., MARQUES, D., Paicheler, J. C., Gall, J. C., & NEL, A. (1998). Le Toarcien inférieur des régions de Bascharage et de Bettembourg (Grand-Duché du Luxembourg): évidences paléontologiques et sédimentologiques d'environnements restreints proches de l'émersion. Geodiversitas, 20(2), 263-284.