The Solling Formation is a geologic formation in Germany.[1] Formerly considered earliest Triassic (Induan), but later dating places the formation from the Olenekian to Anisian of the Triassic period.
| Solling Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Olenekian-Anisian (Spathian-Aegean) ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Unit of | Buntsandstein Group |
| Sub-units | Solling-Bausandstein & Chirotherium Sandstone Members |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone |
| Other | Siltstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 50°18′N 11°00′E / 50.3°N 11.0°E |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 16°12′N 19°42′E / 16.2°N 19.7°E |
| Region | Bavaria, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thuringia |
| Country | Germany |
  Solling Formation (Germany) | |
Description edit
The formation is subdivided into three members, the lower Solling-Bausandstein Member, the Trendelburg/Karlshafen Beds and the upper Chirotherium Sandstone Member.
Fossil content edit
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:[1]
Temnospondyls edit
Reptiles edit
- Anomoiodon liliensterni[3]
- Ctenosauriscus koeneni[4]
- Koiloskiosaurus coburgiensis[5]
- Trachelosaurus fischeri[6]
Flora edit
See also edit
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Schoch, R. R. 2018. The temnospondyl Parotosuchus nasutus (v. Meyer, 1858) from the Early Triassic Middle Buntsandstein of Germany. Palaeodiversity 11. 107–126. .
- Säilä, L. K. 2008. The Osteology and Affinities of Anomoiodon liliensterni, a Procolophonid Reptile from the Lower Triassic Buntsandstein of Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28. 1199–1205. .
- Broili, F., and E. Fischer. 1917. Trachelosaurus fischeri nov. gen. nov. sp. Ein neuer Saurier aus dem Buntsandstein von Bernburg. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt zu Berlin 37. 359–414. .
- von Huene, F. 1911. Ueber die Procolophoniden, mit einer neuen Form aus dem Buntsandstein. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1911. 78–83. .
- von Huene, F. 1902. Übersicht über die Reptilien der Trias - Review of the Reptilia of the Triassic. Geologische und Paläontologische Abhandlungen (Neue Serie) Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena 6. 1–84. .
Further reading edit
- H. H. Ecke. 1986. Palynologie des Zechsteins und Unteren Buntsandsteins im Germanischen Becken. Dissertation Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1-117