Schönleiten Formation
Schönleiten Formation Stratigraphic range: Late | |
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Type | Geological formation |
Unit of | Gosau Group |
Underlies | |
Overlies | |
Thickness | up to 200 metres (660 ft) |
Lithology | |
Primary | Shale |
Other | Sandstone, coal |
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Extent |
The Schönleiten Formation is a geological formation in Austria. Part of the Gosau Group it was deposited during the later Turonian of the Cretaceous period. It primarily consists of grey, weathered yellow shales and dense sandstone, with coal bearing shales near the base. The remains of indeterminate frogs, snakes, Tethysaurines, crocodylians and the teeth of cf. Paronychodon and other indeterminate theropod dinosaurs are known from the formation.[1]
References[]
- ^ Ősi, Attila; Szabó, Márton; Kollmann, Heinz; Wagreich, Michael; Kalmár, Réka; Makádi, László; Szentesi, Zoltán; Summesberger, Herbert (July 2019). "Vertebrate remains from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) Gosau Group of Gams, Austria". Cretaceous Research. 99: 190–208. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.03.001.
Categories:
- Geologic formations of Austria
- Upper Cretaceous Series of Europe
- Turonian Stage
- Shale formations
- Sandstone formations
- Coal formations
- Coal in Austria