Earth:Solling Formation
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| Solling Formation Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian (Spathian-Aegean) ~251.3–242 Ma | |
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| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Buntsandstein Group |
| Sub-units | Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Other | Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E |
| Paleocoordinates | [ ⚑ ] 16°12′N 19°42′E / 16.2°N 19.7°E |
| Region | Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
  Solling Formation (Germany) | |
The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany .[1] Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.
Description
The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Temnospondyls
Reptiles
- Anomoiodon liliensterni[3]
- Ctenosauriscus koeneni[4]
- Koiloskiosaurus coburgiensis[5]
- Trachelosaurus fischeri[6]
Flora
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
References
Bibliography
- Schoch, R. R. 2018. The temnospondyl Parotosuchus nasutus (v. Meyer, 1858) from the Early Triassic Middle Buntsandstein of Germany. Palaeodiversity 11. 107–126.
- Säilä, L. K. 2008. The Osteology and Affinities of Anomoiodon liliensterni, a Procolophonid Reptile from the Lower Triassic Buntsandstein of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28. 1199–1205.
- Broili, F., and E. Fischer. 1917. Trachelosaurus fischeri nov. gen. nov. sp. Ein neuer Saurier aus dem Buntsandstein von Bernburg. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 37. 359–414.
- von Huene, F. 1911. Ueber die Procolophoniden, mit einer neuen Form aus dem Buntsandstein. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1911. 78–83.
- von Huene, F. 1902. Übersicht über die Reptilien der Trias - Review of the Reptilia of the Triassic. Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Neue Serie) Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 6. 1–84.
Further reading
- H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117
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