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Solling Formation

Coordinates: 50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E / 50.3; 11.0
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Solling Formation
Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian
(Spathian-Aegean)
~251.3–242 Ma
TypeFormation
Unit ofBuntsandstein Group
Sub-unitsSolling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members
Lithology
PrimaryClaystone
OtherSiltstone
Location
Coordinates50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E / 50.3; 11.0
Approximate paleocoordinates16°12′N 19°42′E / 16.2°N 19.7°E / 16.2; 19.7
RegionBavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia
CountryGermany
Solling Formation is located in Germany
Solling Formation
Solling Formation
Solling Formation
Solling Formation
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

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The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]

Temnospondyls

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Reptiles

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Flora

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Solling Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ a b Schoch, 2018
  3. ^ Säilä, 2008
  4. ^ Von Huene, 1902
  5. ^ Von Huene, 1911
  6. ^ a b Broili & Fischer, 1917

Bibliography

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  • Schoch, R. R (2018), "The temnospondyl Parotosuchus nasutus (v. Meyer, 1858) from the Early Triassic Middle Buntsandstein of Germany", Palaeodiversity, 11: 107–126, doi:10.18476/pale.11.a6
  • 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 (4): 1199–1205, Bibcode:2008JVPal..28.1199S, doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1199
  • Broili, F.; Fischer, E. (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

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  • H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117