Reuchenette Formation
Reuchenette Formation Stratigraphic range: Kimmeridgian, | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Sub-units | Membre de Chevenez, Membre de Courtedoux, Marne du Banné, Membre de Vabenau |
Underlies | |
Overlies | Formation de Court, Balsthal-Formation, Membre de Porrentruy, Verena-Member, Holzflue-Member, Formation de Courgenay |
Thickness | 140 metres average, 160 m in type area. |
Lithology | |
Primary | Limestone |
Other | Mudstone |
Location | |
Region | Europe |
Country | ![]() |
The Reuchenette Formation is a Jurassic geologic formation in Switzerland. It is Kimmeridgian in age and predominantly consists of well stratified limestone, with lithology variable both laterally and stratigraphically including wackestones, packstones and grainstones, as well as mudstone.[1] Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, including the Turiasaurian sauropod Amanzia greppini, alongside a theropod tooth belonging to Ceratosauria indet, originally assigned to Megalosaurus meriani.[2] teleosaurid crocodyliformes are also known, including Sericodon, Proexochokefalos and Machimosaurus.[3] The thalassochelydian turtle Solnhofia is known from the formation,[4] as is the platychelyid turtle .[5]
See also[]
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Reuchenette Formation". strati.ch.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Schwarz, Daniela; Mannion, Philip D.; Wings, Oliver; Meyer, Christian A. (December 2020). "Re-description of the sauropod dinosaur Amanzia ("Ornithopsis/Cetiosauriscus") greppini n. gen. and other vertebrate remains from the Kimmeridgian (Late Jurassic) Reuchenette Formation of Moutier, Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 113 (1): 2. doi:10.1186/s00015-020-00355-5. ISSN 1661-8726.
- ^ Johnson, Michela M.; Young, Mark T.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (2020). "The phylogenetics of Teleosauroidea (Crocodylomorpha, Thalattosuchia) and implications for their ecology and evolution". PeerJ. 8: e9808. doi:10.7717/peerj.9808. PMID 33083104.
- ^ Anquetin, Jérémy; Püntener, Christian (2020-11-12). "A new species of the large-headed coastal marine turtle Solnhofia (Testudinata, Thalassochelydia) from the Late Jurassic of NW Switzerland". PeerJ. 8: e9931. doi:10.7717/peerj.9931. ISSN 2167-8359. PMID 33240584.
- ^ Sullivan, Patrick M.; Joyce, Walter G. (August 2017). "The shell and pelvic anatomy of the Late Jurassic turtle Platychelys oberndorferi based on material from Solothurn, Switzerland". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 136 (2): 323–343. doi:10.1007/s13358-017-0136-7. ISSN 1664-2376.
References[]
- Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. ISBN 0-520-24209-2.
- Kimmeridgian Stage
- Jurassic System of Europe
- Geologic formations of Switzerland
- European geologic formation stubs