The Bückeberg Formation is a geologic formation and Lagerstätte[1] in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Berriasian of the Cretaceous period.[2] The Bückeberg Formation has previously been considered to constitute the "German Wealden" in reference to its similarity to the Wealden Group in the United Kingdom.[3] More recently it has been considered a group, containing the Isterberg and Deister Formations. The plesiosaur Brancasaurus,[4] an indeterminate ankylosaur referred to Hylaeosaurus,[5] the turtle Dorsetochelys are known from the formation.
| Bückeberg Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Berriasian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Lower Saxony Basin |
| Sub-units | Ostenwald & Obernkirchen Sandstein Members |
| Underlies | Stadhagen Formation |
| Overlies | Münder Formation |
| Thickness | Over 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Mudstone |
| Other | Sandstone, coal |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 52°18′N 9°12′E / 52.3°N 9.2°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 43°30′N 17°12′E / 43.5°N 17.2°E |
| Region | Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Country | Germany |
  Bückeberg Formation (Germany) | |
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edit- Sachs, S.; Hornung, J.J.; Kear, B.P. (2016), "Reappraisal of Europe's most complete Early Cretaceous plesiosaurian: Brancasaurus brancai Wegner, 1914 from the "Wealden facies" of Germany", PeerJ, 4: e2813, doi:10.7717/peerj.2813, PMC 5183163, PMID 28028478
- Sachs, Sven; Hornung, Jahn J. (2013), "Ankylosaur Remains from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) of Northwestern Germany", PLoS ONE, 8 (4): e60571, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0060571, ISSN 1932-6203, PMC 3616133, PMID 23560099
- Reitner, Joachim; Qun, Yang; Yongdong, Wang; Reich, Mike (2013), Palaeobiology and Geobiology of Fossil Lagerstätten through Earth History (PDF), Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp. 1–218, ISBN 978-3-86395-135-1, retrieved 2020-09-15
- Hornung, Jahn J.; Böhme, Annina; van der Lubbe, Torsten; Reich, Mike; Richter, Annette (2012), "Vertebrate tracksites in the Obernkirchen Sandstone (late Berriasian, Early Cretaceous) of northwest Germany— their stratigraphical, palaeogeographical, palaeoecological, and historical context", Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 86 (3): 231–267, Bibcode:2012PalZ...86..231H, doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0131-7, ISSN 0031-0220, retrieved 2020-03-27
- Richter, Annette (2011), The 'German Wealden' and the Obernkirchen Sandstone – an Introduction in Dinosaur Tracks 2011: an international symposium, Obernkirchen, April 14-17, 2011 : abstract volume and field guide to excursions, Universitätsverlag Göttingen, ISBN 978-3-86395-105-4 OCLC 852208407