Earth:Sebeș Formation
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| Sebeș Formation Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian, 70–66 Ma | |
|---|---|
| Type | Geological formation |
| Underlies | Unconformity |
| Overlies | Bozeș Formation, Flysch |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Other | Sandstone, Conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Region | Europe |
| Country |  Romania |
| Extent | Transylvanian Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Sebeș |
The Sebeș Formation is a geological formation in Romania dating to the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous, and laterally equivalent to the nearby Șard Formation. The base of the formation consists of claystones interbedded with sandstones and conglomerates.[1] These lithologies have preserved fossils which are part of the Hațeg Island fauna.
Paleobiota
Source:[2]
Turtles
| Turtles of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Kallokibotion | K. bajazidi | |||||
| Dortokidae | Indeterminate | |||||
Dinosaurs
Indeterminate hadrosauroid fossils have been unearthed here.[3]
| Dinosaurs of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Materials | Notes | Images | ||
| Balaur[4] | B. bondoc | Partial avialan skeleton, probably a junior synonym of Elopteryx[5][6] | A paravian |  | ||
| Magyarosaurus | Indeterminate | The only known vertebra was probably eroded from the nearby Șard Formation and placed at Sebeș instead. | A dwarf sauopod. | |||
| Struthiosaurus | S. transsylvanicus | A nodosaur. |  | |||
| Telmatosaurus | Indeterminate | A small hadrosauromorph. |  | |||
| Zalmoxes | Z. robustus | Probable rhabdodontid ornithopod dinosaur. |  | |||
| Enantiornithes | Indeterminate | |||||
Pterosaurs
| Pterosaurs of the Sebeș Formation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus | Species | Notes | Images | |||
| Eurazhdarcho[7] | E. langendorfensis | An azhdarchid pterosaur. |  | |||
| Hatzegopteryx | Indeterminate[8] | A giant azhdarchid pterosaur. |  | |||
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Romania
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Sebes Formation". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displaySearchStrataResults?group_formation_member=Sebes.
- ↑ Ebner, Aaron J.; Csiki-Sava, Zoltán; Treiber, Tim; Totoianu, Radu; Augustin, Felix J. (2025-03-17). "First hadrosauroid record from Petreşti-Arini (Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Upper Cretaceous) and its implications for the evolution of the Hațeg Island vertebrate faunas". Palaeoworld. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2025.200937. ISSN 1871-174X. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871174X25000307.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.1006970107. PMID 20805514. Bibcode: 2010PNAS..10715357C.
- ↑ 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". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 374: 1–100. doi:10.1206/798.1. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/2246/6419/5/B374-cover.pdf.
- ↑ Stoicescu, V.; Codrea, V.A.; Bordeianu, M.; Solomon, A.A. (2024). "Elopteryx at Nălaț-Vad: new theropod material described from the Hațeg Basin (Romania)". North-Western Journal of Zoology 20 (1): 73–80. https://biozoojournals.ro/nwjz/content/v20n1/nwjz_e241901_Stoicescu.pdf.
- ↑ 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). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0054268. PMID 23382886. Bibcode: 2013PLoSO...854268V.
- ↑ Naish, D.; Witton, M.P. (2017). "Neck biomechanics indicate that giant Transylvanian azhdarchid pterosaurs were short-necked arch predators". PeerJ 5. doi:10.7717/peerj.2908. PMID 28133577.
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