Vogtendorf Formation
Appearance
Vogtendorf Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Tremadocian | |
Type | Formation |
Underlies | Gösmes Formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Tuff |
Location | |
Coordinates | 50°12′N 11°24′E / 50.2°N 11.4°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 52°18′S 94°12′E / 52.3°S 94.2°E |
Region | Bavaria |
Country | ![]() |
Type section | |
Named for | Vogtendorf, Bavaria |
Named by | Sdzuy et al. |
Year defined | 2001 |
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The Vogtendorf Formation, in 2001 redefined from the older name Randschiefer-Serie by Sdzuy et al.,[1] is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Tremadocian stage of the Ordovician period.[2]
Fossil content
[edit]- Trilobites
- Rhynchonellata
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Benedetto, J. L (2007), "New Upper Cambrian-Tremadoc rhynchonelliformean brachiopods from northwestern Argentina: evolutionary trends and early diversification of plectorthoideans in the Andean Gondwana", Journal of Paleontology, 81 (2): 261–285, doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[261:NUCRBF]2.0.CO;2
- Sdzuy, Klaus; Hammann, Wolfgang; Villas, Enrique (2001), "The Upper Tremadoc Fauna from Vogtendorf and the Bavarian Ordovician of the Frankenwald", Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 81: 207–261, retrieved 2020-10-19