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Hassberge Formation 
Summary
The Hassberge Formation is a geologic formation in Bavaria, Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carnian stage of the Triassic period.[1]
| Hassberge Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian (Tuvalian) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Keuper |
| Sub-units | Blasensandstein & Coburger Sandstein members |
| Underlies | Mainhardt Formation |
| Overlies | Steigerwald Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°00′N 10°42′E / 50.0°N 10.7°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 27°24′N 13°06′E / 27.4°N 13.1°E |
| Region | Bavaria |
| Country |  Germany |
| Extent | Southern Germanic Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Hassberge |
  Hassberge Formation (Germany) | |
Fossil content edit
Insects edit
- Coleoptera
- Carabilarva triassica[2]
- Dinoharpalus coptoclavoides[3]
- Larvula triassica[2]
- Protonectes germanicus[2]
- Stargelytron larissae[3]
- Zygadenia sp.[2]
- Coptoclavidae indet.[4]
Invertebrates edit
Ichnofossils edit
See also edit
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Germany
- Benkersandstein, contemporaneous ichnofossiliferous formation of Bavaria
- Chañares Formation, fossiliferous formation of the Ischigualasto-Villa Unión Basin, Argentina
- Candelária Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of the Paraná Basin, Brazil
- Molteno Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Lesotho and South Africa
- Pebbly Arkose Formation, contemporaneous fossiliferous formation of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- Denmark Hill Insect Bed, contemporaneous fossiliferous unit of Queensland, Australia
- Madygen Formation, contemporaneous Lagerstätte of Kyrgyzstan
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Geyer, G., and K.-P. Kelber. 2018. Spinicaudata ("Conchostraca," Crustacea) from the Middle Keuper (Upper Triassic) of the southern Germanic Basin, with a review of Carnian–Norian taxa and suggested biozones. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92. 1-34. .
- Ponomarenko, A. G.; A. A. Prokin, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2015. Coptoclavid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Adephaga) from the Triassic of Lower Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 49. 1334-1345. .
- Fedorenko, D. N. 2014. Wings of Coptoclavidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga) from the Keuper (Triassic) of Franconia, Germany. Paleontological Journal 48. 605-609. .
- Klein, H., and S. G. Lucas. 2013. The Late Triassic tetrapod ichnotaxon Apatopus lineatus (Bock 1952) and its distribution. In L. H. Tanner, J. A. Spielmann, S. G. Lucas (eds.), The Triassic System: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, .. 61;
- Prokin, A. A.; K. V. Makarov; A. G. Ponomarenko, and A. S. Bashkuev. 2013. New beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Coptoclavidae, Caraboidea, Polyphaga) from the Upper Triassic of Germany. Russian Entomological Journal 22. 259-274. .
- Weiss, W. 1934. Eine Fährtenschicht im mittelfränkischen Blasensandstein - A trackway layer in the middle Franconian Blasensandstein. Jahresberichte und Mitteilungen des Oberrheinischen Geologischen Vereins 23. 5-11. .
- Kuhn, O. 1932. Labyrinthodonten und Parasuchier aus dem mittleren Keuper von Ebrach in Oberfranken. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 69. 94-144. .